Smith v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case : The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On August 5, 1892, the claimant was the owner in fee simple of lot No. 39, in W. Biley Deeble’s recorded subdivision of Meridian Hill, in the District of Columbia. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case : The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On August 5, 1892, the claimant was the owner in fee simple of lot No. 39, in W. Biley Deeble’s recorded subdivision of Meridian Hill, in the District of Columbia. II. The map, a blue print, which appears as Exhibit A in this case, is a copy of the map referred to in the following pro-' vision of the Sundry Civil Act of August 5,1892: “That the circle at the intersection of Sixteenth street and New Hampshire avenue, known as Hancock Circle, be, and the same is hereby, transferred to and…
1Opinion of the Court
"Weldon, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
On the 5th day of August, 1892, the claimant was the owner in fee of lot 39, in the city of Washington, on Meridian Hill, at or near the intersection of Sixteenth street extended and Morris street in said city.
In the Act of August 5,1892 (27 Stat. L., 367), making appropriation for sundry civil expenses of the Government, there is the following provision:
“That the circle at the intersection of Sixteenth street and New Hampshire avenue, known as Hancock Circle, be, and the same is, transferred to and located at or near the intersection of…
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