Mahan v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter1s statement of the case: The averments of the claimant’s petition sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtPeelle, J.
The defendants -file a demurrer to the petition in this case on the ground that the facts stated therein are not sufficient in law to constitute a cause of action.
The material facts averred are:
First. That he is a citizen of the United States and resides in the cityr of Terre Haute and the State of Indiana.
Second. That he enlisted as a private in Company C, Thirty-first Pegiment Indiana Infantry, on the 20th day of September, 1861, for a period of three years or during the war; that he reenlisted for a period of “three years or the war,” and was mustered in with said company and regiment on…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. LandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Hukill v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1880
- Simons v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1884
- Sowle v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1903
3Cited by1 opinion
- McClure v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1907