Bedford v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Rejiorteri statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimants herein, Thomas C. Bedford and Emma Bedford his wife, are citizens of the United States, residingat Vicksburg-, in the State of Mississippi. II.
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The Rejiorteri statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimants herein, Thomas C. Bedford and Emma Bedford his wife, are citizens of the United States, residingat Vicksburg-, in the State of Mississippi. II. In March, 1877, and November, 1889, George M. Bed-ford acquired by purchase sections 11, 12, 13, 11, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, and 22 in township 15 north, range 15 east, containing 5,000 or 6,000 acres of land, together with cabins, other buildings, and fences thereon, lying and being in Madison Parish, in the State of Louisiana, which…
1Opinion of the CourtPeeIjLE, J.
The claimants in this action seek to recover $74,000 on account of damages alleged to have been sustained by the overflow and the washing away of the buildings and fencing thereon of about 2,300 acres of land owned by them successively on the west bank of the Mississippi Elver, in Madison County, La., located about 6 miles below the city of Vicksburg, $58,000 of which is claimed by Thomas C., and $16,000 by his wife, Emma.
Prior to 1876 the Mississippi Eiver flowed around a narrow point of land known as' De Soto Point, and in going around this point flowed bj>- the city of Vicksburg in a…
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