Lincoln v. United States

This is one of a large class of cases for the recovery of the proceeds of a certain lot of cotton which had been sold by Treasury agents and the proceeds placed in the Treasury of the United States. This cause and a large number of companion cases of a similar character arise under that section of the act of March 3, 1911, 86 Stats., 1087-1169, which appears in the Judicial Code as section 162 and which became effective January 1, 1912. The act is as follows:

“ Seo. 162. The Court of Claims shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the claims of those whose property was taken subsequent to…