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UNITED STATES v. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

No. 94.

245 U.S. 436 (1918)

38 S.Ct. 137

62 L.Ed. 381

UNITED STATES v. J.S. STEARNS LUMBER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 7, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Kearful for the United States.

Mr. Arthur Dyrenforth, with whom Mr. W.W. Gurley was on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

The United States brought its bill to cancel patents from the State of Wisconsin held by the J.S. Stearns Lumber Company and covering certain lands in the Bad River or LaPointe Indian Reservation in the State of Wisconsin. The District Court dismissed the bill for want of equity. There is no controversy as to the facts, and it appears that the Lake Superior Chippewas by treaty of October 4, 1842, proclaimed March...

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