Johnson v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The judgment in the former case, being unreversed, is conclusive between the parties as to the ownership of the land, the occupancy by tbe United States to tbe date of the adjudged claim, and the liability for rents, because of the occupancy, until its surrender by the Government.. It is also prima facie evidence of the value of the use and occupation.
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The judgment in the former case, being unreversed, is conclusive between the parties as to the ownership of the land, the occupancy by tbe United States to tbe date of the adjudged claim, and the liability for rents, because of the occupancy, until its surrender by the Government.. It is also prima facie evidence of the value of the use and occupation. The only remaining question is, whether the allowance of $6,500 per annum is just and fair, and applicable to the time since 1863, as it was to the period which had then elapsed. The testimony on this point is so full and clear that we hardly…
1Opinion of the CourtMilligan, J.
In 1863 the claimant filed his petition in this court, claiming compensation for the occupation by the Government of the United States of 320 acres of land, situated at the lower cascades of the Columbia Biver, in Washington Territory. His right to recover on the trial of that case was severely contested; and after a patient hearing and careful examination of every question that the ingenuity of counsel could suggest, the court in an elaborate opinion, among other things, held the claimant entitled to recover his reasonable rents and profits, which it fixed at $6,500 per annum, from the 30th…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Johnson v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1866
3Cited by3 opinions
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