Maginnis v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter's statement of the case: Under the statute in order for one to become entitled to the right granted by sections 2306 and 2307, Revised Statutes, three conditions must be met, viz: First, the soldier or sailor must have performed the requisite military service required by section 2304, Revised Statutes. Second, he must have remained loyal to the Government.
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The Reporter's statement of the case: Under the statute in order for one to become entitled to the right granted by sections 2306 and 2307, Revised Statutes, three conditions must be met, viz: First, the soldier or sailor must have performed the requisite military service required by section 2304, Revised Statutes. Second, he must have remained loyal to the Government. Third, he must have made a homestead entry for less than 160 acres prior to June 22,1874, the date of the passage of the Eevised Statutes of the United States. These are the only requirements necessary, and if they are met the…
1Opinion of the CourtBooth, Judge
The plaintiff sues to recover alleged excess fees and commissions exacted of him in connection with a public-land entry made under section 2306, Revised Statutes.
The plaintiff, Charles H. Maginnis, was the assignee of Benjamin King, administrator of the estate of James H. Waldron, deceased. Mr. Waldron during his life had been a Union soldier and served more than ninety days in the Army of the United States. He had, prior to June 22,1874, *274made an original homestead entry for forty acres of land, and on March 25, 1901, the present plaintiff, his assignee as aforesaid, filed his application in…
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