Sibley v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. Claimant was, at the time of the loss hereinafter set forth, first lieutenant and adjutant of the Second Regiment of Cavalry in the United States Army, was on duty at Fort Walla Walla, Wash., and was required to keep and did keep a horse for -use in the military service, of the value of $150. II.
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On the Proofs. The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. Claimant was, at the time of the loss hereinafter set forth, first lieutenant and adjutant of the Second Regiment of Cavalry in the United States Army, was on duty at Fort Walla Walla, Wash., and was required to keep and did keep a horse for -use in the military service, of the value of $150. II. As a sergeant of Troop I, Second Cavalry, on or about the morning of February 15, 1889, entered the troop stable at Fort Walla Walla, Wash., for the purpose of feeding the horses, a…
1Opinion of the CourtAtioNsoN, Judge
Plaintiff was a first lieutenant and adjutant of the Second Regiment of the United States Cavalry at Fort Walla Walla, Wash., and while there stationed he lost a sorrel mare, for which he had paid $150, through an injury received in the stables of said regiment. The mare was in the immediate charge of a soldier, who entered the stable February 15, 1889, to feed the horses, found the animal lying down in the stall; a wooden bar had been placed across the rear end of the stall, and when she attempted to rise to her feet her back struck said bar which injured her spine to such an extent that it…
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