Griffin v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: Tlie following are tlie facts in the case as found by the court : I. The claimants John Griffin and Sarah Griffin are citizens of the United States and residents of the town of Greenville, in the State of Mississippi. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: Tlie following are tlie facts in the case as found by the court : I. The claimants John Griffin and Sarah Griffin are citizens of the United States and residents of the town of Greenville, in the State of Mississippi. II. At the times hereinafter mentioned the claimants were the owners, as hereinafter shown, of á tract of land situate in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, together with the buildings, fences, structures, fruit and shade trees, containing 2G.67 acres, within 3 miles of the court-house, in the city of Louisville. The only claim…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
This is a proceeding under a special statute, which is as follows:
“AÍT ACT for tlie relief of -John and Sarah Griffin.
“Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of John Griffin and Sarah Griffin, of the city of Greenville and State of Mississippi, for damage done to their realty, situate in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, by United *231States troops, while the said troops occupied the said realty as a smallpox hospital, from the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two to the year eighteen hundred and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States v. IrwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Dockery v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1891
- Joseph C. Irwin & Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1888
3Cited by1 opinion
- Harllee v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1916