Heinrich v. Magee

MISER, C.

On April 13, 1914, a permit was issued to- the defendants Magee and Zimmerman to graze 50,000 sheep or 10,000 cattle on district N.o. 3 in the Crow Reservation in Montana from April x, 1914, to January 1, 1916: The permittees agreed to pay therefor $45,000, in four installments of $11,250 each, the first installment being cash, the remaining installments on October I, 1914, April 1, 1915, and 'October 1, 1915. To secure the payment of these fees, plaintiff Heinrich and one Spear, as sureties, went on the bond of the permittees. The government brought suit in federal court against the…