Thomas v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
136 F. 159 · 1905
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
November 1914
most recently cited
4 federal appellate ·
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Relies on United States v. Brighton Ranche Co.
Most-quoted passages
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““But if it were true that any portion of the fence forming the inclosure were the fence of another, the appellant could not .justify himself, nor avoid the penalty of the statute, if, by joining his fences to said fence so constructed, he availed himself of it to make a complete inclosure. Whether he took advantage of a portion of an existing fence, or a natural barrier impassable for cattle, if he constructed his surrounding fence with reference thereto, he is undoubtedly guilty of making and maintaining an inclosure in violation of the law.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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