Beam v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters'1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, Jesse W. Beam, at the date of the depredation hereinafter set forth was a citizen of the United States. II.
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The Reporters'1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, Jesse W. Beam, at the date of the depredation hereinafter set forth was a citizen of the United States. II. In the month of February, 1871, prior to the 28th day thereof, in Lawrence County, then Territory of Dakota and now State of South Dakota, Indians belonging to the Sioux tribe of Indians took property of the kind and character described in the petition, property of claimant, which was reasonably worth the sum of $2,200. III. The locality in which said depredation…
1Opinion of the CourtHowey, Judge
This is one of a group of cases arising under the Indian depredation act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stats., 851). Some confusion has arisen on account of conflict in the testimony *64relating to the occurrences and because the defenses are different where the depredations occurred at different times. The decision now to be made in this case will govern the question of the defendants’ liability in all other cases where motions for new trial are pending if it appears that the depredations were committed before the ratification of the agreement between the Sioux tribe and the United States.
The petition,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Welch v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1897
- Bush v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1894