Johnson's v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of tbe case: Tbe following are tbe facts as found by tbe court: I. In June, 1875, tbe claimant’s intestate, Micajab Johnson, was tbe owner of two hundred and twenty-ñve bales of cotton at Sabine Pass, in tbe State of Texas, of which thirty bales were shipped to New Orleans, where twenty-eight bales of tbe same were seized by an agent of tbe Treasury Department, forwarded to New York, sold, and tbe net proceeds, amounting to $2,698.94, were paid into…
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The Reporters' statement of tbe case: Tbe following are tbe facts as found by tbe court: I. In June, 1875, tbe claimant’s intestate, Micajab Johnson, was tbe owner of two hundred and twenty-ñve bales of cotton at Sabine Pass, in tbe State of Texas, of which thirty bales were shipped to New Orleans, where twenty-eight bales of tbe same were seized by an agent of tbe Treasury Department, forwarded to New York, sold, and tbe net proceeds, amounting to $2,698.94, were paid into tbe Treasury of tbe United States. II. Tbe remaining one hundred and ninety-five bales were seized by an agent of tbe…
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court:
This is an action under tbe Abandoned or Captured Property Act, 2Iareli 12,1863 (12 Stat. L., 820)', to recover the net proceeds of two hundred and twenty-five bales of cotton owned by tbe claimant’s intestate in Texas, and alleged to have been seized by agents of tbe Treasury Department in tbe year 1865, sold, and tbe proceeds paid into tbe Treasury of tbe United States.
It appears by tbe findings that Micajab Johnson, tbe claimant’s intestate, was tbe owner of two hundred and twenty-five bales of cotton at Sabine Pass, in tbe State of Texas,…
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