United States v. Gorham
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The appellee herein filed his petition against the United States and the Comanche and Kiowa Indians in the Court of Claims on the 4th day of September, 1891, in which he claimed to recover damages for the destruction'of his property on the 20th day of January, 1868, by the Comanche and Kiowa Indians, in amity with the United States, at Indian Creek, in Cooke County,' Texas. ’ The property destroyed consisted of horses, mares and colts, of the…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The appellee herein filed his petition against the United States and the Comanche and Kiowa Indians in the Court of Claims on the 4th day of September, 1891, in which he claimed to recover damages for the destruction'of his property on the 20th day of January, 1868, by the Comanche and Kiowa Indians, in amity with the United States, at Indian Creek, in Cooke County,' Texas. ’ The property destroyed consisted of horses, mares and colts, of the alleged value of $1390. The government filed an ánswer to such petition, in which it denied each and évery allegation…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
There is here but a single question for this court to review, and that relates to the right of the Court of Claims to render judgment against the United States.alone under the Indian depredation act where the tribe .of Indians to which the depredators belong cannot be identified, and such inability is stated and judgment rendered against the United States only.
The act in question is entitled, “ An act to provide for the adjudication and payment of claims-arising from Indian depredations,” approved March 3, 1891, c. 538, 26 Stat. 851..
Under that act jurisdiction is conferred upon the Court of…
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