United States v. Bitter Root Development Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Montana. The appellant was the complainant in a bill in equity filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Montana against the appellees herein as defendants.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Montana. The appellant was the complainant in a bill in equity filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Montana against the appellees herein as defendants. The substance of the bill was as follows: That on April 1, 1888, the appellant owned certain public lands in the state of Montana, which are described in the bill, comprising many thousands of acres, some of which were surveyed, and others of which were unsurveyed; that on said date there were growing and standing on said lands forests of pine…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
The bill sets forth a series of trespasses, continuing over a period of some ten years, which are alleged to have been committed by all of the defendants jointly. The appellant had its remedy in such a case by an action of trespass to recover damages based upon the value of the standing timber when taken, or, if the trespass was knowingly and wrongfully committed, by an action in the nature of trover, to charge the appellees with the value of the timber, as manufactured into lumber. Woodenware Co. v. United States, 106 U. S. 432, 1 Sup. Ct. 398, 27 L. Ed. 230. But the appellant, while…
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