Davidson v. United States

Howry, J.,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court:

This is an action brought under tbe Indian depredation act of March 3,1891 (26 Stat. L., 851), to recover tbe value of a quantity of bay alleged to have been taken or destroyed, and for damages alleged to have been sustained for tbe burning of a quantity of wood and fencing, and injury done to meadow land of tbe plaintiffs by tbe Ponca Indians on or about tbe 6th of June, 1877, in tbe county of Seward, in tbe State of Nebraska. Tbe defendants allege tbe insufficiency of tbe evidence to sustain tbe action, and tbe want of legal and competent…