United States v. Bostwick
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Court of Claims. Tbis was a suit by Tbomas R. Lovett, trustee of Mrs. Louisa Fletcher, against the United States, to recover the rent of and for damages to certain real estate and premises situated in the District of Columbia, and known as Kalorama.
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Appeal from the Court of Claims. Tbis was a suit by Tbomas R. Lovett, trustee of Mrs. Louisa Fletcher, against the United States, to recover the rent of and for damages to certain real estate and premises situated in the District of Columbia, and known as Kalorama. The Court of Claims found the following facts : — Thomas R. Lovett, as trustee of Mrs. Louisa Fletcher, was, on the seventeenth day of August, 1861, seised in fee of said premises, containing about ninety-one acres, a dwelling-house with wings, measuring in all one hundred and fifty by forty feet, a large stable, and a frame…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chiee Justice Waite
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
In'tbe determination of this cause, it is necessary at tbe outset to ascertain definitely the terms of tbe contract under wbicb tbe United States occupied tbe property of tbe petitioner. On tbe one hand,' it is claimed that tbe proposition of Mr. Lovett was accepted by General Mansfield witb modifications, and that all tbe stipulations suggested by bim are included in tbe contract as finally entered, into, unless modified or rejected in terms by tbe note of General Mansfield. On the other hand, it is contended by the United States that…
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