Legal Opinion
Ford v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided February 6, 1950No. 47006PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHITAKER, Judge.
Plaintiff, convicted of larceny by a court martial and serving his term in the penitentiary, sues to recover the amount of money taken from his person at the time of his arrest.
Plaintiff, a private in the American Army stationed in England, stole from one Gerald Segelman, an Englishman, 350 British pounds. The money was in a suitcase in a motion picture theater in Lincoln, England. Plaintiff was arrested some months later and 353 British pounds were taken from his possession. This money was not the same money that had been stolen. Plaintiff was convicted and sentenced to the…
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