Basso v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims in cases founded on a tort of an officer of the United States, are stated in the opinion. The Court of Claims has jurisdiction over a claim ex delicto, founded upon the Constitution of the United States.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims in cases founded on a tort of an officer of the United States, are stated in the opinion. The Court of Claims has jurisdiction over a claim ex delicto, founded upon the Constitution of the United States. Dooley v. United States, 182 U. S. 222; United States v. Lynah, 188 U. S. 445. In United States v. Welch, 217 U. S. 333; United States v. Grizzard, 219 U. S. 180; United States v. Emery, 237 U. S. 28, the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims has been sustained in actions “sounding in tort” but…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Appellant is a Spanish subject who resided, at the time his alleged cause of action accrued and at the time his petition was filed in the Court of Claims, in the Island of Porto Rico.
Porto Rico was ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Paris, ratifications of which were exchanged April 11, 1899. The Island was occupied by the military forces of the United States prior to January 1, 1899, and February 1, 1899, the President of the United States by order promulgated the “Amended Customs Tariff and Regulations for Ports in Porto Rico/' which fixed and provided for the collection of duties…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. LynahSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Schillinger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- United States v. Emery, Bird, Thayer Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Dooley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- United States v. WelchSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
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