MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action to recover the value of timber cut from the public domain in Idaho. The defendant justifies under the act of June 3, 1878, c. 150. 20 Stat. 88. That act authorizes citizens of the United States and other persons, bona fide residents of certain States and Territories, including Idaho, "and all other mineral districts of the United States," to cut "for building, agricultural, mining, or...
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