Legal Opinion
United States v. Carlson
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided February 18, 1927PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN B. SANBORN, District Judge.
It is conceded that the court has the power to annul a severable part of a verdict, where it is invalid and is clearly distinguishable from the remainder of the verdict. This was an action brought by the United States to recover damages for fraud. In 1904 the defendants procured 18 entrymen to go with them to the state of Oregon to make entry of government timber lands under the Stone and Timber Act (20 Stat. 89, as amended by Act Aug. 4,1892, § 2 [27 Stat. 348]). After the entrymen had procured their patents, they deeded the lands to the defendants. The…
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