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UNITED STATES v. NEZ PERCE COUNTY, IDAHO

No. 8560.

95 F.2d 232 (1938)

UNITED STATES v. NEZ PERCE COUNTY, IDAHO, et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 27, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Carver, U. S. Atty., and E. H. Casterlin and Frank Griffin, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Boise, Idaho, and John L. Wheeler, Sp. Atty., Dept. of Justice, of Los Angeles, Cal., for the United States.

Ray E. Durham and E. C. Butler, both of Lewiston, Idaho, for appellees.

Before DENMAN, STEPHENS, and HEALY, Circuit Judges.

HEALY, Circuit Judge.

The United States brought suit against Nez Perce County, Idaho, for the purpose of quieting its title to certain lands within the Nez Perce Indian Reservation held by the Government in trust for Caleb Carter, an Indian ward enrolled as a member of the Nez Perce Tribe. The Government sought also to recover taxes paid by the ward.

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