PINE RIVER LOGGING CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 250.

186 U.S. 279 (1902)

PINE RIVER LOGGING COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 2, 1902.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.S. Worthington for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. John E. Stryker for the United States. Mr. Robert A. Howard and Mr. Solicitor General Richards were on his brief.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN delivered the opinion of the court.

This case was tried before a jury upon the theory that the defendants went far beyond the terms of their contracts with the Indians, and cut not only a large excess in quantity, but selected a quality of timber wholly unauthorized by the contracts, or by the acts of Congress, or the regulations of the President in connection therewith. The questions to be considered arise...

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