McKnight v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Montana.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by the United States, as guardian of Josephine Hall, an Indian woman, for the conversion by the defendants to the action of 34 head of cattle, alleged *661to have been owned, held, and possessed by this Indian, subject to the control of the government, and of the value of $1,125. The answer of the defendants put in issue the averments of the complaint, and also alleged in defense that the defendant Taylor is, and was at the times in question, the duly elected, qualified, and acting sheriff of the county of Teton, state of Montana; that on the 25th day…
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