Waldo v. Gould

Taylor, C.

Defendant is the game and fish commissioner of the state of Minnesota, and as such is charged with the duty of enforcing the laws relating to wild animals. Plaintiff, a licensed fur-buyer, shipped two lots of raw or undressed skins of fur-bearing animals from Browns Valley, Minnesota, to Becker Brothers at Chicago, Illinois, in January, 1924. They were seized by game wardens in the city of St. Paul while in the possession of the American Express Company. The skins, or the greater part of them, were thereafter returned to the carrier and forwarded to Becker Brothers. Plaintiff,…