Green v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The following are the facts found by the court: I. At the times hereafter referred to, James Green, the testator of the claimants, was the owner of certain real property in Alexandria, Ya., and of the hotel thereon situated, known as the Mansion House. He was also a resident of Alexandria.
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The following are the facts found by the court: I. At the times hereafter referred to, James Green, the testator of the claimants, was the owner of certain real property in Alexandria, Ya., and of the hotel thereon situated, known as the Mansion House. He was also a resident of Alexandria. The defendants, under the authority of the^War Department, as hereinafter set forth, used said hotel and premises for the purposes of a military hospital from the 11th November, 1861, until the 30th June, 1865, and acquired the use and occupancy of the premises in the manner set forth in the next finding.…
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2Opinion of the Court · ScofieldScofield, J.
The statement of a very few facts will be sufficient to exhibit all the points in dispute.
In October, 1861, the defendants, by such contract as is presented in the second finding of facts, rented from the claimants’ testator, for use as a military hospital, the Mansion House, in Alexandria, Va., and agreed to pay therefor $750 a month. They took possession under the lease and occupied the premises *104from November 11, 1861, to June 30, 1865. The rent, amounting in all to $32,750, lias never been paid. Claimants’ testator, in March, 1864-, made formal application to the War Department for…
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