Legal Opinion
Vezina v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 15, 1917No. 4725PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal from the 'District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. Suit by Elizabeth Vezina against the United States and S. E. Mooers. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
On August 15, 1894 (28 Stat. 286, 305, c. 290, § 1), and on February 6, 1901 (31 Stat. 760, c. 217, § 1 [Comp. St. 1916, § 4214]), Congress enacted:
“That all persons who are in whole or in part of Indian blood or descent who are entitled to an allotment of land under any law of Congress, or who claim to be so entitled to land under any allotment act or under any grant made by Congress, or who claim to have been unlawfully denied or excluded from any allotment or any parcel of lrnd to which they claim to be lawfully entitled by virtue of any act of Congress, may commence…
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