Houser v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. During the war between Spain and the United States United States troops were encamped at the town of Anniston, Ala.; and to accommodate them the Government built temporary halls, stables, and hospitals.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. During the war between Spain and the United States United States troops were encamped at the town of Anniston, Ala.; and to accommodate them the Government built temporary halls, stables, and hospitals. The troojis occupied the camp from some time in the fall of 1898 to February or March, 1899, a-ncl subsequent to their departure these buildings (which were entirely of a temporary character and fit for nothing except the lumber), were disposed of at public sale March 28, 1899, by Captain…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldoN, J.
In the year 1898 the United States built a number of shacks, mess halls, stables, and hospitals near the town of Anniston, in the county of Calhoun, State of Alabama, on land belonging to different individuals, and after the close of the war, to wit, in March, 1899, the buildings were sold at public auction by the depot quartermaster of the United States to the claimant and Thomas L. Houser for the sum of $1,385. Said Plouser died on the 17th of April, 1901. At the time of sale the quartermaster announced to the public that the party purchasing the buildings would be put in immediate…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- McElrath v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1876
- Ferris v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1893
- Williamson v. SammonsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
- Atlantic Dredging Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1900
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