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UNITED STATES v. MORRISON

No. 138.

240 U.S. 192 (1916)

UNITED STATES v. MORRISON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Mark Norris, with whom Mr. Oscar E. Waer and Mr. Richard Sleight were on the brief, for appellees.

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

Mr. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

The United States brought this suit to quiet title to lands in section 16, township 3 south, range 6 east, Willamette Meridian, Oregon. By the Act of February 14, 1859 (c. 33, 11 Stat. 383), for the admission of Oregon into the Union, it was provided (§ 4):

"That the following propositions be, and the same are hereby, offered to the said people of Oregon...

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