United States v. Barber Lumber Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Central Division of the District of Idaho. Suit in equity by the United States against the Barber Dumber Company, James T. Barber, Sumner G. Moon, William Sweet, John Kinkaid. Louis M. Pritchard, Patrick PI. Downs, Albert E. Palmer, and Horace S. Rand. Decree dismissing the bill (172 Fed. 948), and complainant appeals.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Central Division of the District of Idaho. Suit in equity by the United States against the Barber Dumber Company, James T. Barber, Sumner G. Moon, William Sweet, John Kinkaid. Louis M. Pritchard, Patrick PI. Downs, Albert E. Palmer, and Horace S. Rand. Decree dismissing the bill (172 Fed. 948), and complainant appeals. The bill in this case alleged that the appellee, the Barber Lumber Company, and orliers, intending to defraud the United States, combining, confederating, and agreeing together and with Frank Steunenberg, since…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The court below found the facts substantially as they are set forth in the foregoing statement of the case, and upon examining the record, we find no convincing reasons for disturbing his conclusions. Before entering upon a consideration of the legal conclusions to be drawn from the facts, it will he well to take our bearings in the law applicable thereto as we find them in a series of decisions of the Supreme Court. United States v. Budd, 144 U. S. 154, 12 Sup. Ct. 575, 36 L. Ed. 384; United States v. Detroit Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321, 26 Sup. Ct. 282, 50…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Williamson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Maxwell Land-Grant CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- United States v. BuddSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- United States v. StinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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