FAIRBANKS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 112, 113.

223 U.S. 215 (1912)

FAIRBANKS v. UNITED STATES. WARREN v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 19, 1912.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F.W. Houghton, with whom Mr. George B. Edgerton was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Knaebel, with whom Mr. S.W. Williams was on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellants were plaintiffs in the court below, and we shall so designate them.

The plaintiffs, one a minor (No. 112) and the other an adult (No. 113), residing on the White Earth Indian Reservation, brought these actions to determine their rights, respectively, to allotments of land under the provisions of a treaty with the Chippewa Indians proclaimed April 18, 1867, and certain acts of Congress relating...

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