Bostwick v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
The Reporters' statement, of the case: The, court below found the following facts: That the petitioner, as trustee of Mrs. Louisa Fletcher, was, on the 17th day of August, 1861, seized in fee of said premises, containing about ninety-one acres; a dwelling-house with wings, measuring in all 150 by 40 feet; a large stable, and a frame building; with a garden, lawns and walks, a fence all around the premises, and a substantial wall, about a quarter of a mile long, from Rook…
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The Reporters' statement, of the case: The, court below found the following facts: That the petitioner, as trustee of Mrs. Louisa Fletcher, was, on the 17th day of August, 1861, seized in fee of said premises, containing about ninety-one acres; a dwelling-house with wings, measuring in all 150 by 40 feet; a large stable, and a frame building; with a garden, lawns and walks, a fence all around the premises, and a substantial wall, about a quarter of a mile long, from Rook Greek to the lodge-gate on Boundary street, and trees of various kinds, and shrubbery. In consequence of application made…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief-Justice Waite
delivered-the opinion of the court:
In the determination of this cause it is necessary at the outset to ascertain definitely the terms of the contract under which the United States occupied the property of the petitioner. On the one hand, it is claimed that the proposition of Mr. Lovett was accepted by General Mansfield with modifications, and that all stipulations suggested by him are included in the contract' as finally entered into, unless modified or rejected in terms by th^note of General Mansfield. On the other hand, it is contended by the United States that the…
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