Hartiens v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case prior to the present trial: On October 30, 1906, this case came on to be heard under a second reference of the claim by resolution of the United States Senate June 27, 1906, on the question of the loyalty of the claimant’s decedent, William H. Osborne.
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The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case prior to the present trial: On October 30, 1906, this case came on to be heard under a second reference of the claim by resolution of the United States Senate June 27, 1906, on the question of the loyalty of the claimant’s decedent, William H. Osborne. On the original reference of the claim by a resolution of the Senate April 25, 1900, the court found the facts, including a finding that the claimant’s decedent was not loyal to the Government of the United States throughout the late civil war, and reported its…
1Opinion of the Court
Peelle, Ch. J.,
delivered tbe opinion of the court:
The claim in this case is for stores and supplies alleged to have been taken from the plantation of John and William H. Osborne, near Alexandria, La., in May, 1864, .by the military forces of the United States.
The claim of John Osborne for his one-half of the property so taken was presented to the Commissioners of Claims, who rejected the same because prior thereto the claimant had gone into bankruptcy. Thereafter the claim was referred to this court by the Committee on War Claims of the House of Representatives under the act of March 3, 1883,…
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