Legal Opinion
Feather River Lumber Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 4, 1929No. 5519PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
The United States brought an action alleging that the defendant carelessly and negligently set and caused to be set a certain fire, which fire it carelessly and negligently allowed to spread upon certain described public lands, to the damage of the plaintiff in the sum of $187,-275.58 and the cost of extinguishing the fire, amounting to $2,053.51. The defendant answered placing at issue the material allegation of the complaint. A jury trial having been waived by the written agreement of tlie parties, the ease was tried to- the court. At the conclusion of the testimony…
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- Dunsmuir v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1914
- New York Life Ins. v. DunlevyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1914
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