Wooden-Ware Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Error ' to the; Circuit Court of tbe United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
• This is a writ of error, founded on a certificate-of division of opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court. ■ >
The facts, as certified, out of which this difference of opinion arose appear in an action in the nature of trover, brought by the United States for the value of two hundred and forty-two cords of ash timber, or wood suitable for manufacturing purposes, cut and removed from that part of the public lands known as the reservation of the Oneida tribe of Indians, in the State of Wisconsin. This timber was knowingly and wrongfully taken from the land by Indians, and carried by…
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