United States v. Paine Lumber Co.

Citations

• 206 U.S. 467
• 27 S. Ct. 697
• 51 L. Ed. 1139
• 1907 U.S. LEXIS 1175

Syllabus

<p>The title of Indians to lands belonging to the tribe is more than the right of mere occupation, and although the actual title may be in the United States . it is held in trust for the Indians and the restraint on alienation should not be exaggerated.</p> <p>Indian allottees under the Stockbridge and Munsie treaty of 1856, 11 Stat. 663, and the Act of February 6,-1871,16 Stat. 404, were vested with suffi- - cient title in their allotments to authorize the cutting of .timber, for sale and nót by way of improvements, without the approval of the Department of the Interior.</p>