UNITED STATES v. BOARD OF NAT. MISSIONS OF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

No. 107.

37 F.2d 272 (1929)

UNITED STATES v. BOARD OF NATIONAL MISSIONS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 27, 1929.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. H. Fraser, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., for appellant.

E. C. Iden, of Albuquerque, N. M. (Reid, Hervey & Iden, of Albuquerque, N. M., on the brief), for appellee.

Before LEWIS, COTTERAL, and McDERMOTT, Circuit Judges.


McDERMOTT, Circuit Judge.

In 1878 the Presbyterian Church, at its own expense, constructed a mission building on a small tract of ground belonging to the Pueblo Indians. The land involved is less than an acre, is above the ditch, and is of little value.

In 1928 the government amended a bill then pending, involving other lands and parties, which amendment alleged the underlying title of the Pueblo to the land, and that the Presbyterian Church entered the land...

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