Wilson v. Haley Live Stock Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. This was an action by the Haley Live Stock Company against Wilson and five others to recover damages for the forcible seizure on July 27,1888, of 700 head of cattle, and the extortion from the plaintiff of $12,725.50 as a condition precedent to the defendants surrendering possession of the cattle to the plaintiff.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. This was an action by the Haley Live Stock Company against Wilson and five others to recover damages for the forcible seizure on July 27,1888, of 700 head of cattle, and the extortion from the plaintiff of $12,725.50 as a condition precedent to the defendants surrendering possession of the cattle to the plaintiff. The answer of Wilson and Breeze, two of the defendants, denied the incorporation of the plaintiff, as well as all the allegations of the complaint, and set up in defence that Wilson, as treasurer of Routt…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
We shall not find it necessary to dispose of all the errors assigned to the action of the court below, as many of them are not properly presented-by the record.
1. Upon the conclusion of the plaintiff’s testimony, defendants moved the court to direct a verdict in their favor upon several grounds, among which were that the organization of the plaintiff corporation was fraudulent, and solely for the purpose of invoking the jurisdiction of the Federal court; that the property in question was never conveyed to the plaintiff until after the trespass was committed, and therefore it could not sue for…
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