ELLIS v. WYOMING GAME AND FISH COMMISSION

No. 2648

74 Wyo. 226 (1955)

286 P.2d 597

LILLIAN GRANT ELLIS, Plaintiff and Appellant, vs. WYOMING GAME and FISH COMMISSION, et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wyoming

August 2, 1955


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff and appellant, the cause was submitted upon the brief of John J. Spriggs, Sr., and John J. Spriggs, Jr., both of Lander, Wyoming, and oral argument by John J. Spriggs, Sr.

For the defendants and respondents, the cause was submitted upon the brief of Howard B. Black, Attorney General, Paul T. Liamos, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, James L. Hettinger and Robert A. McKay, Assistant Attorneys General, all of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and W.A. Smith, County and Prosecuting Attorney, Fremont County, Wyoming, of Lander, Wyoming, and oral argument by Mr. Black.

Heard before Riner, Chief Justice; Blume, Justice; and Parker, District Judge.


OPINION

PARKER, District Judge.

Appellant, plaintiff below, brought action against the Governor, State Game Commissioner, State Game Warden, two wardens, the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission and the members thereof in their official capacity and also as individuals. The petition alleged, inter alia, that plaintiff owned certain lands in Fremont County, that she trapped and destroyed ten beaver which had been damaging...

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