1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. U.S.
  4. 228 U.S.
  5. 228 U.S. 6 (1913)
 

UNITED STATES EX REL. KNIGHT v. LANE

No. 163.

228 U.S. 6 (1913)

33 S.Ct. 407

57 L.Ed. 709

UNITED STATES EX REL. KNIGHT v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 17, 1913.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederic D. McKenney, with whom Mr. James W. Zeverly, Mr. James M. Givens and Mr. Richard Wm. Stoutz were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Cobb, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Bullitt was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This writ of error brings up for review a judgment of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia (35 App. D.C. 429) affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District refusing a writ of mandamus commanding the Secretary of the Interior to deliver to the relator a patent for a tract of land claimed by the latter as a Cherokee allotment. The facts upon which the decision must turn are these:<...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases