UNITED STATES v. VAN METER

Civ. No. 7254.

149 F.Supp. 493 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. John W. VAN METER and Frank Gist, Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. California, N. D.

March 7, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd H. Burke, U. S. Atty., Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiff.

Hill & Hill and Clayton O. Rost, Eureka, Cal., for defendant John W. Van Meter.


HALBERT, District Judge.

In this action plaintiff seeks to recover for the damages to its property resulting from an alleged trespass and the wrongful taking of timber by the defendants. Defendant, Van Meter (hereinafter in this opinion referred to as "defendant"), has filed a counterclaim against plaintiff alleging that the timber was taken in reliance on wilful and negligent misrepresentations by an agent and servant of plaintiff.

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