Marks v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. The claimants are and were citizens of the United States on the first day of January, 1878. II. In the month of June, 1878, the said claimants were possessed of a ranch in the Grant Canon, Malheur County, State of Oregon, on which ranch they had cattle and horses.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. The claimants are and were citizens of the United States on the first day of January, 1878. II. In the month of June, 1878, the said claimants were possessed of a ranch in the Grant Canon, Malheur County, State of Oregon, on which ranch they had cattle and horses. In the month and year aforesaid the Bannock and Piute Indians made a raid in and through said county, and in and upon the ranch of claimants, in which raid through said county they destroyed property consisting of horses, cattle,…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
This is a proceeding under the act entitled “An act to provide for the adjudication and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations” (1 Sup. B. S., 2ded.,p. 913). Claimants allege that in* the year 1878, they were the owners of a large amount of property, to wit, 29 head of horses and colts, and 400 head of stock cattle in Happy Yalley, in the county of Grant, now Malheur County, State of Oregon; that the Piute and Bannock Indians, then in amity with the United States, took and destroyed said property without just cause or provocation on the part of the owners; and that the claim was…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Abrew v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1902