Legal Opinion

Collins v. Stanley

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided February 2, 1907PublishedCited by 13 opinions

ERROR to the District Court, Carbon County, Hon. David H. Craig, Judge. Action by J. S. Stanley against William Collins and Mrs. J. W. Card to recover damages for an alleged wilful and malicious trespass upon certain premises of plaintiff, and for consuming and destroying "certain personal property thereon, and for an injunction against a continuance of the alleged trespass.

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ERROR to the District Court, Carbon County, Hon. David H. Craig, Judge. Action by J. S. Stanley against William Collins and Mrs. J. W. Card to recover damages for an alleged wilful and malicious trespass upon certain premises of plaintiff, and for consuming and destroying "certain personal property thereon, and for an injunction against a continuance of the alleged trespass. A writ of attachment was issued at the commencement of the action upon grounds stated in the opinion; and a temporary restraining order as prayed for was issued upon the order of the District Judge upon the filing of the…

1Opinion of the Court

Beard, Justice.

This action was brought by the plaintiff, the defendant in error, against the defendants, the plaintiffs in error, to recover damages which he alleged he had sustained by reason of the unlawful and forcible entry of the defendants upon a certain ranch belonging to plaintiff, and ejecting his agent therefrom, and by threats and intimidation holding possession of the same, and by tearing down the fences around the hay stacks, and by consuming and destroying the hay stacked on said ranch, and by depasturing said lands. That all of said acts of defendants were wilful and malicious,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Chouteau v. BoughtonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
  2. Newell v. WhitwellMontana Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Porter v. JenningsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
  4. Miller v. ChandlerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1877

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Anderson v. EnglehartWyoming Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Anderson v. EnglehartWyoming Supreme Court · 1910
  3. Gamble-Robinson Minot Co. v. MauratisNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1927
  4. Sturman v. First National BankWyoming Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Weaver v. RichardsonWyoming Supreme Court · 1913

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