United States v. United Verde Copper Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. The facts are stated in the opinion. Rule 7 is within the authority granted to the. Secretary of the Interior by the act of June 3, 1878. Nor. Pac. R. R. Co. v. Lewis, 162 U. S. 376; United States v. Williams, 12 Pac. Rep.
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APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. The facts are stated in the opinion. Rule 7 is within the authority granted to the. Secretary of the Interior by the act of June 3, 1878. Nor. Pac. R. R. Co. v. Lewis, 162 U. S. 376; United States v. Williams, 12 Pac. Rep. (Mont.) 851. This court has recognized the authority of Congress to grant a privilege or license and to clothe an executive officer with the right to grant or refuse or restrict such .permission under such rules and regulations as he may see fit to adopt in view of conditions as they exist from time to time. See…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice-McKenna
delivered the opinion of the court.
Action brought by the United' States against the appellee, which we shall call the Copper Company, for the sum of $38',976:75, the value of timber cut and removed from certain unsurveyed mineral land in the Territory of Arizona.
The timber-or wood was alleged to have been cut by one Rafael Lopez, a resident and citizen of Arizona, and amounted to 6,496£ cords, of the value of $6 per cord, or the sum of $38,976.75.
■It is alleged that the timber belonged to the United States, and “was used and'consumed by the s.aid defendant for the purpose…
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