STONE v. UNITED STATES

No. 265.

167 U.S. 178 (1897)

STONE v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 10, 1897.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.W. Bunn and Mr. John R. McBride for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Solicitor General for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought in the District Court of the United States for the District of Washington, Eastern Division, to recover the reasonable value of certain timber and railroad ties manufactured from trees alleged to have been unlawfully cut by the defendant Stone from certain lands in Idaho of which, it was averred, the United States was the owner.

The answer put the United States upon proof of all...

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