WARDLE v. NORTHWEST INV. CO.

No. 85-5359 MN.

830 F.2d 118 (1987)

E. Nedene WARDLE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NORTHWEST INVESTMENT COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey T. Wallace, Cloquet, Minn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Edward J. Shamaker, Washington, D.C., Dennis J. Seitz, Cloquet, Minn. and Danny R. Smeins, Britton, S.D., for defendants-appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAGILL, Circuit Judge.


FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from the judgment against them in their suit to establish their interest in land that originally had been an allotment to their Indian ancestor. We AFFIRM.

I. FACTS

On September 26, 1893, pursuant to treaty, the United States conveyed by restricted patent to Adelaide Clark, an Indian of the Fond du Lac Band of the Chippewa Indians, approximately 80 acres of land in Carlton County, Minnesota. The...

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