Stone v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as foundby the court: I. The claimant is and was at the time of the loss of his property a citizen of the United States. II. The depredation was committed on the 17th November, 1867, near the town of Fort Collins, in Larimer County, Colo., by the defendant Indians.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as foundby the court: I. The claimant is and was at the time of the loss of his property a citizen of the United States. II. The depredation was committed on the 17th November, 1867, near the town of Fort Collins, in Larimer County, Colo., by the defendant Indians. The claimant never presented this claim to the Department of the Interior nor to Congress nor to any officer or agent of the Government until his petition in this case was filed in this court on the 16th April, 1891. It is supported only by the testimony…
1Opinion of the CourtNott, J.
This is a claim for $12,375. It arose on the 17th November, 1867. The place was about four miles above the town of Fort Collins, in Larimer County, Colo. The depredation was the taking of a herd of ninety-three horses, and the depredators were supposed to be thirteen Arapahoes or Cheyennes. The claimant has never presented this claim to the Interior Department nor to Congress nor to any officer or agent of the Government, and the first intimation which the Government or the defendant Indians had of its existence was when the petition was filed in this court on the 16th April, 1891. It is…
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