United States v. Waters-Pierce Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. Actions at law by the United States against the Waters-Pierce Oil Company. Judgments for defendant, and the United States brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
The government brought two actions against the Waters-Pierce Oil Company to recover the value of turpentine products of the sap of long-leaf yellow pine trees growing on two quarter sections of land in Alabama. The actions were consolidated for trial, and at the close of the evidence the trial court directed verdicts for defendant.
The lands were subject to unperfected homestead entries by Painter and Malone, and the turpentine sap was extracted from the trees by the entrymen, who sold it to distillers, who in turn converted it into turpentine and rosin, which, intermingled…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1906
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
- Bryant v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1901
3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. Turner Turpentine Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Liberty Bell Gold Mining Co. v. Smuggler-Union Mining Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913
- Pridgen v. MurphyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1931
- Meadows v. DixonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940