UNITED STATES v. NORTHERN PACIFIC R'D CO.

No. 135.

152 U.S. 284 (1894)

UNITED STATES v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 6, 1894.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor General for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. James McNaught, (with whom was Mr. Fred. M. Dudley on the brief,) for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This writ of error brings up for review a judgment in favor of the defendants in error in an action brought by the United States to recover the value of certain lumber manufactured from logs alleged to have been unlawfully cut and removed by them, in the year 1886, from the public lands, namely, from the northwest quarter of section seven, township eight north, range five west of the Willamette meridian, in the...

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