Board of Field Officers of South Carolina Troops v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts found by the court: I. The Board of Field Officers of the Fourth Brigade of South Carolina Militia was a perpetual corporation created by the State of South Carolina in 1809. The said corporation was vested with power to purchase and hold land not exceeding 300 acres for the use of the militia in the parishes of Saint Philip and Saint Michael’s.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts found by the court: I. The Board of Field Officers of the Fourth Brigade of South Carolina Militia was a perpetual corporation created by the State of South Carolina in 1809. The said corporation was vested with power to purchase and hold land not exceeding 300 acres for the use of the militia in the parishes of Saint Philip and Saint Michael’s. On the 25th May, 1835, the said corporation became the owner by purchase of a parcel of lan d, with the building thereon, on Citadel Green, in the city of Charleston, known as the…
1Opinion of the CourtScofield, J.
The claimant is a corporation created for military purposes by the State of South Carolina in 1809. In 1857 the corporation became the owner of a certain piece of land in Charleston on which were two buildings, one known as the Piccjuet GuardHouse and the other as the Boylston House.
During the rebellion the premises were occupied by the Confederate government to aid in carrying on the war. So far as appears, consent to such occupancy was neither asked of nor given by the corporation.
In February, 1865, the United States forces took possession of the premises and turned them over to the Bureau…
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