Friend v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. The claimant was on the 5th clay of February, 1868, and long prior thereto a citizen of the United States. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. The claimant was on the 5th clay of February, 1868, and long prior thereto a citizen of the United States. II. On the 5th day of February, 1868, the claimant was residing with his family, consisting of a wife and two children, on what was known as u Dancer ranch” in Llano County, Tex., and on said day, during his absence, about fifteen Indians belonging to the Comanche tribe made a raid on his ranch, shot his wife with an arrow, stabbed and otherwise mutilated her, scalped her in two…
1Opinion of the Court
Bichard son, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
There are two causes of action in this claim. One is for property of the claimant taken or destroyed by the defendant Indians, alleged to be in amity with the United States. Upon this the court has found the facts in favor of the claimant and gives him judgment for $897, the same amount as found due by the Interior Department, and no question of law is presented.
The other cause of action, as alleged in the petition, is that the “claimant sustained from the Comanche Indians great damage, who unlawfully and maliciously, and without…
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