Nutt v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The facts upon which this motion is based will be found stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
This is a claim for property of the claimant’s testator taken and used by the armies of the United States in the State of Mississippi in the year 1863. It was referred to the court by *16the Committee on War Claims of the House of Representatives, February 16, 1887.
The defendants move to dismiss “ for the reason that the court has not jurisdiction thereof.” They rely upon the last paragraph of section 3 of the Act of March 3,1883 (22 Stat. L., 485), the Bowman Act, under which the claim is referred to the court, in connection with a…
2Cited by2 opinions
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- Terrill v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1893