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Love v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided January 6, 1913No. 12781PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Tlie. Reporters' statement of the case: The following bill was referred to the court by resolution of the United States Senate March 2, 1907, under the act of Congress approved March 3, 1887: “ [S. 374, Fifty-ninth Congress, first session.] “A BILL For the relief of T. L. Love.

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Tlie. Reporters' statement of the case: The following bill was referred to the court by resolution of the United States Senate March 2, 1907, under the act of Congress approved March 3, 1887: “ [S. 374, Fifty-ninth Congress, first session.] “A BILL For the relief of T. L. Love. “ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to T. L. Love, surviving partner of Robert Love and Son,…

1Opinion of the CourtHowey, J.

This cause represents a class of cases growing out of the struggle between the sections during the Civil War, the complexities of which cases are passing into history along with the events of the unfortunate period which gave them birth. Cases involving loyalty and questions incident to the taking *77of property for the use of armies in the field are rapidly disr appearing from the docket of this court, which has had exclusive jurisdiction of most all, if not entirely all, of such litigation.

Because of some unusual circumstances in the present case and the earnestness with which the issues have…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Baldy v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  2. Choteau v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1885

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