Leighton v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters'1 statement of the case: . The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. The claimant, Alvin O. Leighton, was, at and long before the date of the depredation hereinafter mentioned and now is, a citizen of the United States, now residing in Attumwa, Wap-ello County, in the State of Iowa. II.
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The Reporters'1 statement of the case: . The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. The claimant, Alvin O. Leighton, was, at and long before the date of the depredation hereinafter mentioned and now is, a citizen of the United States, now residing in Attumwa, Wap-ello County, in the State of Iowa. II. On the 30th day of June, 1866, and prior thereto, the claimant was stationed at Fort Eeno, in the then Territory of Wyoming, as post trader or sutler, furnishing supplies to the soldiers and citizens in the community, and owned and possessed about 62 mules and 7 horses,…
1Opinion of the CourtPeelle, J.
This case is prosecuted under the Indian Depredation Act March'3,1891 (26Stat.L., Sol, 1 Supp. Lev. Stats.,2d ed.,p.913), to reco verjthe value of certain property alleged to have been taken by Indians belonging to the Sioux tribe June 30, 1866. This is the first, in the order of time, of six depredations alleged to havebeen committed on the property of the claimant by Indians from June 30,1866, to August 1,1867; and while the facts as to the amity of the Indians charged at the time of the several depredations differ, the questions otherwise presented, as to five of the depredations, are the…
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