United States v. Hammond
District Court, N.D. California
At Law. Action by the United States of America against A. B. Hammond. Verdict for plaintiff, and defendant moves for new "trial.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN FLEET, District Judge.
The government brought this action to recover the value of a large quantity of timber cut from the public lands and alleged to have been converted to the use of defendant. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendant now asks for a new trial.
There are several grounds assigned in the petition as involving error, but the only points upon which stress has been laid in tire presentation of the motion are two, involving the correctness of the charge of the court upon the subject of the measure of damages. It appearing that all the timber in question had…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Wooden-Ware Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Pine River Logging Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Mobile & Montgomery Railway Co. v. JureySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Lincoln v. ClaflinSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- McDermott v. SevereSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
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3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. Midway Northern Oil Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1916
- Duncan v. J. H. Corder & SonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1936
- Grant v. FletcherDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1922
- Hammond v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1917