United States v. Elliot
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the district court of the first district and from an order overruling a motion for •a new trial. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
AndeRSON, J.:
This is an action against the defendant for unlawfully inclosing public lands. The lands in question are what are called “ school lands,” being a part of section 16, in township 15 S., of raDge 13 E., of the Salt Lake meridian, and have been surveyed by the government. The defendant owns land on two sides of the section, and in fencing his own land constructed his fence diagonally across the section, inclosing about 400 acres of it. ■ He averred in his answer that he inclosed the land in good faith, intending to acquire a title to it as soon as it came into the market. The cause…
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