De Baca v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: This case was submitted originally without argument and decided in favor of the claimants. The defendants now move for a new trial on the jurisdictional question of the deceased claimant’s citizenship at the time when the depredation was committed. The facts, undisputed, will be found in the opinion of the court.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: This case was submitted originally without argument and decided in favor of the claimants. The defendants now move for a new trial on the jurisdictional question of the deceased claimant’s citizenship at the time when the depredation was committed. The facts, undisputed, will be found in the opinion of the court. The question involved in this case is, At what time and by virtue of what international agreement did Antonio Sandoval become a citizen of the United States? His place of residence previous to the extension of the intercourse act by the United…
1Opinion of the Court
Nott, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The claimants concede that Antonio Sandoval, the deceased claimant, was born on Mexican territory, a citizen of Mexico. And it is established sufficiently for the purposes of this deci*416sion that after the revolution of Texas and up to the time of the treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo the part of Mexico lying-on the east side of the Rio Grande was inhabited by persons acknowledging allegiance to Mexico and not to Texas; that the center of population and the seat of government of the department or province of blew Mexico were both on the east side of the…
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