v0829-473

United States Circuit Court

Of Appeals

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Northern Pacific Railway Com-

pany, a corporation, and Oregon-

Washington Railroad & Naviga-

tion Company, a corporation,

Plaintiffs in Error, }No. 2298.

vs.

Cyrus A. Mentzer,

Defendant in Error.

UPON WRIT OF ERROR TO THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT

COURT OF THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF

WASHINGTON, SOUTHERN DIVISION.

BRIEF OF DEFENDANT IN ERROR

STATEMENT.

This action was brought by the defendant in error

against the plaintiffs in error for the burning, by

the plaintiffs in error, of a certain sawmill owned

by defendant in error, located near the right-of-way

of the Northern Pacific Railway Company at or near

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