Moore v. United States

Peelle, J.,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court:

Tbe question in this case arises on tbe defendants’ motion to dismiss tbe claimants’ election for judgment on tbe award made by tbe Secretary of tbe Interior.

Tbe facts are briefly these:

In tbe years 1864 and 1865 depredations were committed by tbe defendant Indians on tbe property of tbe claimants in Weld County, then Territory of Colorado, whereby they suffered tbe loss of horses, mules, and cattle aggregating in value, as averred in their petition, the sum of $44,335.

They filed a claim for their loss in tbe Department of tbe Interior, and tbe…