United States v. Fitzgerald
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Utah; John A. Marshall, Judge. Action by the United States, as guardian of Towanta, an Indian, against Riley Fitzgerald. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The United States brought this action against the defendant, Fitzgerald, for damages for the wrongful taking by him from the Indian, Towanta, of certain sacks of wool that had been sheared from the latter’s sheep. The facts set forth in the complaint were these; Towanta was an Indian allottee, located on a *296part of the former Uintah Indian reservation, to whom personal property had been issued by the United States from time to time to induce him to adopt the habits of civilized life. His allotment and his personal property had been under the control, supervision, and…
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