Hunt v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: This is a claim for supplies or stores alleged to have been taken by or furnished to the military forces of the United States for their use during the late civil war.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: This is a claim for supplies or stores alleged to have been taken by or furnished to the military forces of the United States for their use during the late civil war. The following bill was referred to this court by resolution of the United States Senate on the 6th day of May, 1904, under the provisions of the act approved March 3, 1887, commonly known as the Tucker Act: “ Be it enacted Toy 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…
1Opinion of the CourtHowry, J.
Two questions, one of fact and one of law, are raised in this case.
The issue of fact relates to loyalty to the United States, from the beginning to the close of the civil war, of William Hunt (now deceased), who, at the time of the Mississippi ordinance of secession, was engaged in the business of planting in Washington County in that State. Mr. Hunt was born and educated in Massachusetts, but removed to Kentucky and established a home at Frankfort. Subsequently he acquired the ownership of valuable land in the vicinity of Greenville, Miss., and was engaged in planting at the outbreak of the…
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