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LAW. 



OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOU. 



Law Cases in District 1 



United States v. Coeur d'Alene Lumber Co. : Timber trespass, civil, 

 Coeur d'Alene National Forest. Case closed upon payment of $584.48, 

 value of timber cut. 



United States v. Albert G. Brown : Grazing trespass, civil, Custer 

 National Forest. Case closed upon payment of $110, value of forage 

 consumed. 



United States v. Scott & Brown : Grazing trespass, civii, Helena Na- 

 tional Forest. Case closed upon payment of $73.63, value of forage 

 consumed. 



United States v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. : Oc- 

 cupancy trespass, Coeur d'Alene National Forest. Appealed by the de- 

 fendants to the Supreme Court of the United States from the decision of 

 the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 



State of Montana v. Frank E. Wineland : Homicide of E. B. Clark, 

 forest ranger, Cabinet National Forest. While hunting, Wineland mis- 

 took Clark for a bear and accidentally shot and killed him. Wineland 

 tried at Thompson Falls, Mont., October 25 and 26 on a charge of in- 

 voluntary manslaughter. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. 



United States v. Mike Anderson : Grazing trespass, criminal, Jefferson 

 National Forest. Violation of Forest Service regulations. Complaint 

 sworn to before United States commissioner. Upon recommendation of 

 forest supervisor, and with consent of United States attorney, proceed- 

 ings dismissed. 



United States v. Pliny E. Lyndes : Occupancy trespass, civil, Jefferson 

 National Forest. Lyndes sold his ranch and left the country. Action 

 against Lyndes was, therefore, unnecessary and case closed. 



United States v. Lars B. Halleland : Grazing trespass, civil, ^Absaroka 

 National Forest. United States attorney authorized by Attorney Gen- 

 eral to proceed by injunction against Halleland. Halleland removed his 

 stock from the Forest and proceedings not instituted. Case closed. 



United States v. Lake Shore Gold Mining Co. : Timber trespass, civil, 

 Madison National Forest. Upon recommendation of the Department of 

 Agriculture the Attorney General directed the United States attorney 

 for the district of Washington to discontinue consideration of the 

 claim of the United States against the company. Case closed. 



United States v. Great Northern Railway Co., Winston Bros. Co., and 

 C. W. Werdenhoff : On December 8, 1915, Federal Judge Bourquin 

 granted the plaintiff's motion to strike the cooperative agreement of 

 April 23, 1910, with the Great Northern Railway Co. from the de- 

 fendants' answer. 



