United States v. Price Trading Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Utah. The United States instituted this action on May 12, 1899, against the defendants in error to recover the value of 12,346 fence posts, of the value of $987.68, alleging, in substance, that the posts had been unlawfully cut and removed from government lands.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Utah. The United States instituted this action on May 12, 1899, against the defendants in error to recover the value of 12,346 fence posts, of the value of $987.68, alleging, in substance, that the posts had been unlawfully cut and removed from government lands. The case was tried principally upon an agreed statement of facts, from which we cull the following admissions: The Price Trading Company is a mercantile corporation. A. Ballinger is its secretary. At the time alleged in the complaint the Price Trading Company had…
1Opinion of the Court
THAYER, Circuit Judge,
after stating the case as above, deliv- . ered the opinion of the court.
One of the principal contentions on the part of the government is that the instruction of the trial court to which reference is first made in the statement was misleading, for. the reason that it conveyed the idea that timber might be taken from land adjacent to any part of the main line of the Rio Grande Western Railroad, which was completed as early as the year 1885., for the original construction of the branch line through Provo Canyon, the building of which was not commenced until some time in…
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- United States v. Denver & Rio Grande Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Denver & R. G. R. Co. v. United StatesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Colorado · 1888
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- United States v. MatthewsDistrict Court, E.D. Washington · 1906
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- United States v. Mullan Fuel Co.District Court, D. Montana · 1902
- Stubbs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
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