Frost v. Wenie
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. The appellant, who was the plaintiff below, claimed to be possessed of the equitable title to certain lands, the legal title to which is in the appellee, Frederick T. M. Wenie, by virtue of a patent issued by.the United States January 25, 1890. The relief sought by the- bill is a decree declaring the legal title to be held in trust for. the plaintiff, and requiring the defendant to convey such…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. The appellant, who was the plaintiff below, claimed to be possessed of the equitable title to certain lands, the legal title to which is in the appellee, Frederick T. M. Wenie, by virtue of a patent issued by.the United States January 25, 1890. The relief sought by the- bill is a decree declaring the legal title to be held in trust for. the plaintiff, and requiring the defendant to convey such title to him. ■ The lands in dispute constitute a part of what are known as the Osage Indian trust and diminished reserve…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The act of May 28, 1880, for-the relief of settlers upon the Osage trust and. diminished reserve lands in Kansas, provided that all of those Indian lands remaining unsold and unappropriated (and not embraced in certain claims which it is unnec essary here to mention) shall be subject to disposal to actual settlers only, “ having the qualifications of preemptors on the public lands” — each settler being permitted “to enter not exceeding one quarter section each.”
The act of December 15, 1880, directed the Secretary of the Interior to cause all that portion of the Fort Dodge military reservation…
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