Hardie 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 claimant, Francis H. Hardie, was, in August and September, 1900, a captain of the Third Regiment, United States Cavalry, and in accordance with orders from the War Department he was ordered to Manila, P. I., in August, 1900. He was then the owner of a thoroughbred horse, 16 hands high, worth $200. Claimant took said horse into the military service, and the same was…
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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 claimant, Francis H. Hardie, was, in August and September, 1900, a captain of the Third Regiment, United States Cavalry, and in accordance with orders from the War Department he was ordered to Manila, P. I., in August, 1900. He was then the owner of a thoroughbred horse, 16 hands high, worth $200. Claimant took said horse into the military service, and the same was shipped on a United States transport for Manila, P. I., on August 15,1900, in good health, in charge of a United States…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
This proceeding is founded on a claim for the loss of a horse, on board of a United States transport, belonging to the claimant, who was a captain in the United States Cavalry, the horse being shipped to Manila for military purposes. The findings show that about the 1st of September, 1900., while en route to Manila, in a rain storm the horse fell in his stall and severely injured himself, from which he died without any fault on the part of the claimant.
This case was decided on February 21, 1903, awarding a judgment to the claimant in the sum of $200. After the rendition of that judgment a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Thomas v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1880
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