United States v. McKee
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Court of Claims. The court below allowed, the claim, with interest thereon, from the time it accrued, and, among other facts, found that “ no rules and regulations have heretofore beep adopted by the United States in the settlement of like cases, except safen as-may be inferred from the policy of Congress when passihgnprivate acts for the relief of various persons.
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Appeal from the Court of Claims. The court below allowed, the claim, with interest thereon, from the time it accrued, and, among other facts, found that “ no rules and regulations have heretofore beep adopted by the United States in the settlement of like cases, except safen as-may be inferred from the policy of Congress when passihgnprivate acts for the relief of various persons. When passing such-private acts, Congress has allowed interest upon the claim up to the time that the relief was granted.” The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Only so much of their argument as relates…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
The claim of the State of Virginia to dominion over that region of country called the*'Territory North-west of the Ohio River, which is now filled with a population of many millions and divided into five States of the Union, was not undisputed in the days' when that State was a province of Great Britain. The French had numerous settlements, there; and the government of Great Britain claimed, both by the ■ acquisition of Canada and by settlement, a large part of that loosely defined country. They had their military posts there, as well as peaceful villages. The Indians also denied all right of…
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