Minnesota v. Lane, 247 U.S. 243 (1918)

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Minnesota v. Lane, 247 U.S. 243 (1918)

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Minnesota v. Lane


No. 20, Original


Motion to dismiss
Argued April 15, 1918
Decided June 3, 1818
247 U.S. 243

IN EQUITY

Syllabus

An act of Congress granted the "undisposed of" lands in certain sections to a state, saving "vested rights" of others existing at its date. Part of the described tracts, here in question, within the indemnity limits of the Northern Pacific had previously been selected by that railroad and by it sold to purchasers in good faith. After the date of the act, the selections were cancelled as being founded on improper bases, but the Land Department, upon fully hearing the state, allowed an application of the purchasers’ assignee, made meanwhile, to purchase the land in question from the United States, and secure patents therefor, under the Adjustment Act of March 3, 1887. Held that the decision was not arbitrary, and that a suit against the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, brought by the state before the patents issued, to enjoin their issuance and to quiet its title would not lie. Lane v. Watts, 234 U.S. 525, distinguished.

Dismissed.

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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Minnesota v. Lane, 247 U.S. 243 (1918) in 247 U.S. 243 247 U.S. 244. Original Sources, accessed March 28, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CECTI7TYGAJEG67.

MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Minnesota v. Lane, 247 U.S. 243 (1918), in 247 U.S. 243, page 247 U.S. 244. Original Sources. 28 Mar. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CECTI7TYGAJEG67.

Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Minnesota v. Lane, 247 U.S. 243 (1918). cited in 1918, 247 U.S. 243, pp.247 U.S. 244. Original Sources, retrieved 28 March 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CECTI7TYGAJEG67.