The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action commenced 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.
June 25, 1948, ch. 64662 Stat. 933(, .)
Historical and Revision Notes
Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 2436 Stat. 1094Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 41(25) (, par. 25, ).
section 41(25) of title 28section 1399 of this titleThe venue provision in , U.S.C., 1940 ed., is incorporated in .
Words “civil action” were substituted for “suits in equity,” in view of Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
A change was made in phraseology.