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[CITE: 28USC1399]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART IV--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
 
                   CHAPTER 87--DISTRICT COURTS; VENUE
 
Sec. 1399. Partition action involving United States

    Any civil action by any tenant in common or joint tenant for the 
partition of lands, where the United States is one of the tenants in 
common or joint tenants, may be brought only in the judicial district 
where such lands are located or, if located in different districts in 
the same State, in any of such districts.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 936.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 41(25) (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 
231, Sec. 24, par. 25, 36 Stat. 1094).
    Provisions of section 41(25) of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., relating 
to jurisdiction are the basis of section 1347 of this title.
    Words ``civil action'' were substituted for ``suits in equity,'' in 
view of Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
    Provision with respect to property in different districts was added 
to conform with section 1392 of this title.
    Changes were made in phraseology.
