Blair v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’, statement of the case: The grounds of the motion appear in the opinion of the court. It was submitted without opposition or argument.
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, Oh. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The Committee on Claims of the Senate, by order of March 26,1884, transmitted this case to the court under the provisions of the Aet of March 3, 1883 (22 Stat. L., 485), known as the Bowman Act.
The claimant filed his petition January 23, 1886, alleging substantially that in January, 1865, and previously, he was the owner of 104 barrels of turpentine, containing 3,640 gallons, which was stored in a warehouse in Savannah, Ga., on account of Burroughs, Blair & Co., of which firm he was a member and sole owner of all its property, the other…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Ford v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1884
- McClure v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1883