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UNITED STATES v. CANDELARIA

No. 208.

271 U.S. 432 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 561

70 L.Ed. 1023

UNITED STATES v. CANDELARIA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H.L. Underwood, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell and Assistant Attorney General Parmenter were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Frank W. Clancy for defendants.

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

In 1922 the United States brought a suit in the federal district court for New Mexico against Jose Candelaria and others to quiet in the Indian Pueblo of Laguna the title to certain lands alleged to belong to the pueblo in virtue of a grant from Spain, its recognition by Mexico and a confirmation and patent by the United States. The suit was brought on the theory...

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