Legal Opinion
White v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided January 16, 1893No. Congressional, 1373PublishedCited by 1 opinion
The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: It being held that the court was without jurisdiction, no finding of facts was filed in this case, but the details will be found in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtPeelle, J.
This is a Congressional case referred here by the Committee on War Claims of the House of Bepresentatives, on the 12th *58day of February, 1887, under tbe act of March 3, 1883, Oh. 116, known as the Bowman Act. (Supp. to B. S., 2d ed., p. 403.) The claimant in her petition avers:
“That she is a citizen of the United States residing in West Feliciana Parish, State of Louisiana, where decedent resided during the late war of the rebellion; that at different times during said period the United States forces, by proper authority, took from the decedent quartermaster stores and commissary supplies of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Ford v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1884
- Comstock v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1873
- Balmer v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1890
3Cited by1 opinion
- Chase v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1915