Stovall v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of tbe ease.: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. On- June 15, 1862, one week.after the capture of Memphis, the military forces of the United States seized and occupied for hospital purposes the building in that city more fully described in the petition of the claimant. The entry was a military act, without the assent or assistanoe of the owner, and the occupancy continued until September 15, 1865, and subsequently. II.
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The Reporters' statement of tbe ease.: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. On- June 15, 1862, one week.after the capture of Memphis, the military forces of the United States seized and occupied for hospital purposes the building in that city more fully described in the petition of the claimant. The entry was a military act, without the assent or assistanoe of the owner, and the occupancy continued until September 15, 1865, and subsequently. II. After the capture of Memphis and before the 1st of January, 1863, the payment of rent on buildings in that city seized…
1Opinion of the CourtNott, J.
This case was transmitted to the court by the Committee on War Claims of the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Bowman Act, § 1. The claim is for the military occupation of real property in the city of Memphis, the entry or seizure having been made immediately after the capture of the city. By the fourth section of the act the court is inhibited from exercising jurisdiction of claims for the'occupation of real property at the seat of war, and the first question in the case is whether jurisdiction can be entertained under that act by virtue of which the case has come into…
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