UNITED STATES v. PLOWMAN

No. 96.

216 U.S. 372 (1910)

UNITED STATES v. PLOWMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 1910.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Harr for the United States.

There was no appearance or brief filed for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action to recover the value of timber cut from the public domain in Idaho. The defendant justifies under the act of June 3, 1878, c. 150. 20 Stat. 88. That act authorizes citizens of the United States and other persons, bona fide residents of certain States and Territories, including Idaho, "and all other mineral districts of the United States," to cut "for building, agricultural, mining, or...

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