Walton v. United States
United States Court of Claims
■ The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts as found by the court: I. In the year 1884, and previously, the United States were constructing a dam and locks at Davis Island, on the Ohio Eiver, about 5 miles below Pittsburgh, Pa. The lock was 700 feet in length, near the north bank of the river. The dam commenced 559 feet south of the lock wall and extended about 828 feet south, to Davis Island.
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■ The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts as found by the court: I. In the year 1884, and previously, the United States were constructing a dam and locks at Davis Island, on the Ohio Eiver, about 5 miles below Pittsburgh, Pa. The lock was 700 feet in length, near the north bank of the river. The dam commenced 559 feet south of the lock wall and extended about 828 feet south, to Davis Island. There was a pier at the north end of the dam, rising some 3 feet above the water. Between that pier and the lock wall was the channel. There were three other piers in the dam…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
The ordinary jurisdiction of the court does not embrace as a cause of action the facts set forth in the findiugs ; but Congress, on the 2d of March, 1889, in order to enlarge the scope of our judicial authority, passed the following act :
“AN ACT referring the claim of the owners of the steamer I. N. Bunton to the Court of Claims.
uBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of the legal owner or owners of the steamer I. N. Bunton, her cargo, freight, tow, and personal effects, alleged to have been sunk by…
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