Swope v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts in the case as found by the court: I. The claimant at the time of the depredation hereinafter stated was a citizen of the United States and a resident of the county of San Miguel, in the Territory of New Mexico. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts in the case as found by the court: I. The claimant at the time of the depredation hereinafter stated was a citizen of the United States and a resident of the county of San Miguel, in the Territory of New Mexico. II. On the 11th day of June, 1872, property belonging to said claimant, consisting of horses, harness, rifle, jewelry, wearing apparel, gold watch, and household goods, which at the time and place were reasonably worth the sum of $816, was taken from said claimant by the defendant Indians without just cause or…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldoN, J.
The controversy in this case arises on the claim for injuries to the person of the claimant, committed by the Indians at the time of the commission of the depredation to the property as set forth in the findings. It is insisted by counsel for the claimant that by the act of 1891, under which the suit was brought and upon which it is now pending, she has a right to recover large damage for the grievances set forth in finding in, embracing as it does the most horrible outrages that could have been perpetrated upon the person of an individual; while the counsel for the defendants insists that…
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