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MINNESOTA v. LANE

No. 20, Original.

247 U.S. 243 (1918)

STATE OF MINNESOTA v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 3, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Kearful, for defendants, in support of the motion.

Mr. Charles R. Pierce, with whom Mr. Lyndon A. Smith, Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, and Mr. Clifford L. Hilton, Deputy Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, were on the brief, for complainant, in opposition to the motion.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This bill of complaint is filed by the State of Minnesota to quiet title to certain lands in that State, and to enjoin the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of the General Land Office from issuing patents for the lands to the Immigration Land Company, a corporation of the State of Minnesota. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the bill upon the following grounds:

"1. The court is without...

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