DORRIS BROS. v. UNITED STATES

No. 5869.

37 F.2d 346 (1930)

DORRIS BROS. et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 13, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Hatch, of San Francisco, Cal., for appellants.

Geo. J. Hatfield, U. S. Atty., of San Francisco, Cal., and Hubert Wyckoff, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., of Santa Cruz, Cal., for appellee.

Before RUDKIN, DIETRICH, and WILBUR, Circuit Judges.


DIETRICH, Circuit Judge.

This is an action at law, in which the judgment below was for $1. As a justification for the appeal from a judgment so trivial appellants explain that it is a "test case," in which they desire a construction of section 2117 Rev. St. U. S. (25 USCA § 179), which declares that:

"Every person who drives or otherwise conveys any stock of horses, mules, or cattle, to range and feed on any land belonging to any Indian or Indian tribe...

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