Anderson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Central Division of the District of Idaho. The defendant in error brought an action against the plaintiffs in error charging the unlawful cutting and removal of 2,218,974 feet of timber from the public lands of the United States, and converting the same into saw logs, which were of the value of $8 per thousand feet, and of the total value of $17,751.79. The case was tried before a jury,' and a verdict was returned in…
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Central Division of the District of Idaho. The defendant in error brought an action against the plaintiffs in error charging the unlawful cutting and removal of 2,218,974 feet of timber from the public lands of the United States, and converting the same into saw logs, which were of the value of $8 per thousand feet, and of the total value of $17,751.79. The case was tried before a jury,' and a verdict was returned in favor of the defendant in error in the sum of $6,102.18. In the complaint it was alleged that Anderson, Baker, and…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
On the trial the plaintiffs in error introduced evidence for the purpose of showing that the land from which the timber was cut was mineral land. The record contains numerous assignments of error relating to the admission and exclusion of evidence upon that branch of the case. It is not necessary to consider them all in detail. It is assigned as error that, after a certain witness had testified that he owned mining claims on Feather river, he was not permitted to tell the jury by what method he proposed to work them, and that, when he liad testified about a certain mineral lode on Marsh…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- United States v. RossiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1904
- United States v. Basic Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1903
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- Nielson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1928