OREGON SHORT LINE R. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 10675.

145 F.2d 1 (1944)

OREGON SHORT LINE R. CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 6, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. B. Thompson, of Salt Lake City, Utah, and L. H. Anderson, of Pocatello, Idaho, for appellants.

Norman M. Littell, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Norman MacDonald and John C. Harrington, Attys. Dept. of Justice, both of Washington, D. C., and John A. Carver, U. S. Atty., and E. H. Casterlin, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Boise, Idaho, for appellee.

Before DENMAN, STEPHENS, and HEALY, Circuit Judges.


HEALY, Circuit Judge.

The United States brought this suit on behalf of the Shoshone and Bannock Tribes of Indians to recover from appellant Railroad Companies and their surety damages accruing by reason of the killing of two of the Indians and the injury of a third in a crossing accident occurring within the limits of the Fort Hall Reservation. The appeal is from a verdict and judgment in favor of the United States.

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