Little 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 herein, William N. Little, was serving as lieutenant-commander in the Navy on the U. S. S. Charleston at the time of her loss in the Philippine Islands November 2, 1899. 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 claimant herein, William N. Little, was serving as lieutenant-commander in the Navy on the U. S. S. Charleston at the time of her loss in the Philippine Islands November 2, 1899. II. By the loss and destruction of said vessel the claimant sustained the loss of personal property, consisting of various articles, which he valued at $1,676.63, and presented his claim for reimbursement therefor to the Auditor for the Navy-Department under the act of February 7, 1903, granting relief to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Peelle, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
This is a claim of a naval officer for reimbursement for losses incurred by the destruction of the U. S.'S. Charleston, under the act of February 7, 1903 ( 32 Stat. L., p. 804), which reads:
“ That to reimburse the officers and crew of the United States steamship Charleston, destroyed on a coral reef off Camiguin Island, in the Philippines, November second, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, for losses incurred by them, respectively, in the destruction of said vessel, there shall be paid to each of said officers and crew, or to the personal…
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