Conway v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. This is an action at law instituted by the United States of America, the defendant in error, against; Hugh Conway, the plaintiff in error, to recover the value of certain pine logs alleged to have been by him unlawfully cut and removed from certain lands belonging to the United States.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. This is an action at law instituted by the United States of America, the defendant in error, against; Hugh Conway, the plaintiff in error, to recover the value of certain pine logs alleged to have been by him unlawfully cut and removed from certain lands belonging to the United States. It is averred in the petition (hat said logs contained 336,230 feet, board measure, and were and are of the value of $1,681.15, all of which said logs, it is alleged, the defendant did then and there convert and dispose of to his…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, District Judge
Several errors are assigned, hut they appear to be comprehended in tw.o of them, namely: First, that the court erred in holding that the answer of the defendant, Conway, did not set forth a defense; and, second, ibat the court erred in holding that upon the pleadings the plaintiff was entitled to a judgment for $1,853.77.
The test of the sufficiency of the answer must be found in a consideration of the rights of Boyington, under whom the defendant was acting, and of the rights acquired hv, and obligations imposed upon, Conway, by the contract alleged to have been entered into between him and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Shiver v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- United States v. BallUnited States Circuit Court · 1887
- German-American Bank v. WhiteSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- Stone v. QuaalSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- United States v. NelsonDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1878
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Teller v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
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- Grubbs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
- Rosado v. Ponce Railway & Light Co.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1914