Legal Opinion

Olson v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided November 23, 1904No. 2,074PublishedCited by 23 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota.

1Opinion of the Court

MUNGER, District Judge.

To undertake to present sufficient of the testimony in this case to determine what proper inferences might be drawn therefrom would require practically a statement of the entire evidence. The following synopsis, however, will be sufficient to indicate the character of the case and the application of the questions of law which are presented:

The testimony discloses that the plaintiff in error was by profession what is known and designated as a “timber cruiser”; that in June, 1901, he asked several parties if they wished to make $50. Being inquired of as to how it could be…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Pointer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Wood v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
  3. New York Mutual Life Insurance v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  4. Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  5. Dealy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. United States v. FawcettCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1940
  2. United States v. Mammoth Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
  3. Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1908
  4. Samuels v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
  5. Shea v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1916

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