Show I DECISION REACHING FAR IN THE SHEEP COUNTRY CHEYENNE Wyo April 1 A A deCision decision decision de de- de- de of great Importance to to stockmen stockmen stockmen stock stock- men men h ba has S 'S just been handed down by the Wyoming Supreme court It grew ou out t tot of ot the the case case ot Cosgriff brothers of Fort Steele vs r I E C c. c C. C Millet Miller of ot Rawlins Rawlins and and andIs andIs is to the effect that lessees of railroad land have absolute control of the theal al alternate alternate at- at ternate government sections s. i Crosslin iff brothers have for tor years been gra she J on the P. P lands In the Red desert desert- in the western part of the State and several years ago Miller Miller Miller Mil Mil- ler leased kased a large tract of land and from tram the Union Pacific railroad in that neighborhood When Cosgriff's sheep strayed onto Millers Miller's unfenced leased land he brought suit for tor trespass which was sustained in the lower courts The Supreme court has affirmed affirmed af at- af- af firmed this opinion and although It did not pass upon the question queston of right of ot otway way over leased railroad lands it is thought that the decision will have ha the effect to exclude trespassing to any extent ex cx- tent upon leased unfenced railroad lands that i Is ls a person leasing railroad railroad rail rail- ro road d lands acquires In effect absolute absolute absolute lute control to all the alternate government government government gov gov- sections |