United States v. Dunnington
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS PROM THE COURT'OP CLAIMS.' This was a petition to recover from the United States the sum of $12,644, the alleged value of lot 3, square 688, in the city of Washington, condemned for the enlargement of the Capitol grounds.
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APPEALS PROM THE COURT'OP CLAIMS.' This was a petition to recover from the United States the sum of $12,644, the alleged value of lot 3, square 688, in the city of Washington, condemned for the enlargement of the Capitol grounds. The following facts were found by-the Court of Claims: 1. Charles W. C. Dunnington, the ancestor of the claimants, ■ was, .on April 2,1852, and subsequently up to June 29/1863, seized or well entitled in fee simple of and to lot No, 3, in square No. 688, on the plats of the squares and dots of the city of Washington, with the improvements, buildings, rights,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brown,.after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a proceeding by the heirs at law of .a person formerly in rebellion against the United States to recover the value of a lot of land, which had first been confiscated as enemy’s property, and then condemned, in the hands of the purchaser, for. the use of the government and for the enlargement of the Capitol grounds.
If the case were the simple one assumed by the claimants of a piece of private property taken for the public use without compensation to the owners, their right to recover its…
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