Geekie v. Kirby Carpenter Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the.United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatcheord
This suit was brought in a court of the State of Wisconsin, by Peter W. Geekie, sheriff of Oconto County, Wisconsin, and William Klass, citizens of Wisconsin, against the Kirby Carpenter Company, an Illinois corporation, and was removed into the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, before answer. The cause of action set forth in the compaint was, that the plaintiff Klass was the owner of certain saw-logs lying in the waters of the Menominee River, in Oconto County, Wisconsin; that in April, 1876, the plaintiff Geekie, as such sheriff, levied on and…
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