H. D. Williams Cooperage Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri; David P. Dyer, Judge. Civil action by the United States against the H. D. Williams Cooperage Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
[1] This was an action brought by the United States against the Cooperage Company to recover the value of certain timber after it had been manufactured into staves on the ground, as charged in the petition, that the timber was willfully and intentionally cut by one Lay from his homestead entry and sold to the. defendant by him before his right had been perfected by the requisite residence and cultivation. The proof tended to show that Lay made his entry in 1904, and that in December, 1904, and January, 1905, he cut timber and built a house thereon, and moved into it with…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Wooden-Ware Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Shiver v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- United States v. Homestake Min. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
- Durant Min. Co. v. Percy Consol. Min. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1899
- Gentry v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
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- Andersen, Meyer & Co. v. Fur & Wool Trading Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1926
- Koelling v. Ralph Anderson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1965