Block v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Claim is made for the net proceeds of one hundred and fifty-three bales of cotton, taken by the army of General Banks in the Opelousas expedition, May, 18C3. The taking of the cotton is proved by numerous witnesses, and by the original receipt now produced. That it was taken by proper authority appears as well from the receipt referred to and from the testimony of Colonel Chickering, who gave it.
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Claim is made for the net proceeds of one hundred and fifty-three bales of cotton, taken by the army of General Banks in the Opelousas expedition, May, 18C3. The taking of the cotton is proved by numerous witnesses, and by the original receipt now produced. That it was taken by proper authority appears as well from the receipt referred to and from the testimony of Colonel Chickering, who gave it. Colonel Chickering testifies that regular accounts were kept of all property so taken, whicli accounts were afterward lost in action; but that all cotton so taken was turned over to the…
1Opinion of the CourtMillig-an, J.
The claimant seeks by this action to recover the net proceeds of one hundred and fifty-three bales of cotton, twenty-seven large boxes of tobacco, weighing 2,779 pounds, and twenty-nine small boxes, iveighing 580 pounds, which he alleges were captured by the United States military forces, under General N. P. Banks, at or near Opelousas, Louisiana, in the year 1863.
The facts on which the case rests are found to be as follows:
1. The claimant is a subject of the government of France, which, by law, accords to citizens of the United States the right to sue that government substantially as they…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State of New Jersey v. the State of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1831
3Cited by3 opinions
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