Legal Opinion

Gentry v. Singleton

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 7, 1904No. 1,853PublishedCited by 7 opinions

In Error to the United States Court of Appeals in the Indian Territory.

1Opinion of the Court

VAN DEVANTER, Circuit Judge.

This was an action in the United States Court for the Indian Territory by Singleton against Gentry to recover the. value of 56 steers alleged to have been the property.of the plaintiff, and to have been converted by the defendant to his own use. A trial by jury resulted in a judgment for plaintiff, which was affirmed by the Court of Appeals for the Indian Territory. Gentry v. Singleton, 69 S. W. 898. It is complained, first, that at' an early stage of the trial the court held that, if the defendant desired to contend that the number of steers included in the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Hobbs v. McLeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Meehan v. ValentineSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. Birdsell v. ShaliolSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  4. Elliott v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
  5. James v. Germania Iron Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Choctaw, O. G. R. Co. v. BurgessSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
  2. Anderson v. Oklahoma Moline Plow Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1917
  3. Lockwood Bros. v. Frisco Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
  4. Coca-Cola Co. v. Joseph C. Wirthman Drug Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
  5. Beasley v. BerryMontana Supreme Court · 1906

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