Patten v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporten? statement of tlie case: Tlie following are tlie facts of tliis case as found by the court: I. In December, 1864, the claimant had in his possession in Savannah, G-a., 30 bales of sea-island cotton and 252 bales of upland cotton. Ten bales of the upland cotton, marked “P,” were his own property; the residue, both upland and sea-island, was owned by other parties, and was held for their account by the claimant as a warehouseman. II.
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On the Proofs. The Reporten? statement of tlie case: Tlie following are tlie facts of tliis case as found by the court: I. In December, 1864, the claimant had in his possession in Savannah, G-a., 30 bales of sea-island cotton and 252 bales of upland cotton. Ten bales of the upland cotton, marked “P,” were his own property; the residue, both upland and sea-island, was owned by other parties, and was held for their account by the claimant as a warehouseman. II. Prior to the seizing of the said cotton, as set forth in finding III, the claimant had made advances for freight and insurance and…
1Opinion of the CourtDatis, J.
The claimant brings this suit for the recovery of the proceeds of 282 bales of cotton which he alleges were his property in *290December, 1864, and were then seized by tbe military forces of the United States. The proof showed that he was a warehouseman, who had in his store 282 bales, of which only a portion was his property, and who had made advances for freight, insurance, and other charges against the cotton held by him as factor, and had a factor’s lien upon it for advances and storage. The controversy turned upon the number of bales of which he was owner, and upon the amount of the lien.…
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