Salt Lake Herald | 1897-05-11 | Page 2 | Idaho Timber Case

tllmLIDAO TIER CASE Decision Against Stone in the Suit for Damages Washington May 10In the supreme court Justice Harlan rendered the opinion of the court in the case of John S I ttne vessus the United States ap pMlfd from the circuit court of appeals for tlj > ninth circuit In this case suit hail T > ten brought against Stone in the I district of Washington by the government S govern-ment to recover damages for timber cut on the public domain in Idaho after Stone had been acquitted in a criminal prosecution by the court in Idaho for i the same offense The defense set up I tIl ri that the prosecution must take I plan in trj same state in which the tjrjbtr had been cut and that the criniral prosecution was a part of the I suit fur damages Both objections were oernilfd and the decision below affirmed af-firmed The court adjourned until the 24th ilt <