Alexander 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. The decedent .of claimant was, on the 28th day of September, in the year 1898, the owner in fee simple of certain lands in West Donegal Township, in Lancaster County, and Londonderry Township, in Dauphin County, Pa., consisting of 262 acres. 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. The decedent .of claimant was, on the 28th day of September, in the year 1898, the owner in fee simple of certain lands in West Donegal Township, in Lancaster County, and Londonderry Township, in Dauphin County, Pa., consisting of 262 acres. II. In the prosecution of the war between the United States and Spain a military camp had been established at Camp Meade, Pa., about 1 miles distant from the land referred to in finding i. This camp was used for the assembling of recruits for drill and…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
In this case the decedent ivas the owner of certain land in the State of Pennsylvania. Claimant is seeking remuneration for the use and occupation of such land, which ivas used by the United States as a military camp from the 28th day of September, 1898, to the 11th day of the following November. The land ivas, during the occupation of the United States, in the possession of a tenant whose term expired on the 4th day of April, 1899. The theory of the claimant is, that the United States took and appropriated the property of the decedent in the exercise of the right of eminent domain without…
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