Exploration Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado; Jacob Trieber, Judge. Suit in equity by the United States against the Exploration Company, Limited, and Philip L. Foster. Decree for'the United States and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
CARLAND, Circuit Judge.
This case was before us at a former term of the court on an appeal from a decree sustaining a demurrer to the complaint. The decree was reversed. United States v. Exploration Company, 203 Fed. 387, 121 C. C. A. 491. A trial of the case has been had, and a decree rendered in favor of the plaintiff. Defendants have again appealed, assigning error.
The principal question in the case now, as well as on the former appeal, is as to whether plaintiff’s cause of action, at the time the complaint was filed, had been barred by the statute limiting the time for the institution of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bailey v. GloverSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- United States v. Exploration Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913
- United States v. Exploration Co.District Court, D. Colorado · 1915
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