Baker v. McCarthy
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in ejectment in the district court for Becker county to recover possession of certain land. The ease was tried before Parsons, J., who made findings and dismissed the action. From the judgment dismissing the action, entered pursuant to the findings, plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
Ejectment to recover land in Becker county, formerly in the White Earth Indian Reservation. Before 1897, Alexander Boy, an adult mixed-blood Indian, made application to have this land allotted to him. The application was approved by the secretary of the interior, and in 1902 there was issued a so-called trust patent in the name of Alexander Roy.
Roy died in November, 1897. In 1914, the probate court of Becker county made a decree, determining the heirs of Roy, and assigning this land to them. Plaintiffs claim by purchase from these heirs. If the probate court had jurisdiction over the estate…
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