Hamner v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: Tbe facts of tbis case fully appear in tbe opinion of tbe court and in tbe following findings of fact, upon wbicb in connection with tbe pleadings and record, tbe judgment was based: I. In April, A. D. 1865, George M. Hamner was tbe owner of one hundred and twenty-six bales of upland cotton at Prairie Bluff, Ala., wbicb were seized by military officers of tbe United States, transported by them to Mobile, Ala., and there…
Read the full summary
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: Tbe facts of tbis case fully appear in tbe opinion of tbe court and in tbe following findings of fact, upon wbicb in connection with tbe pleadings and record, tbe judgment was based: I. In April, A. D. 1865, George M. Hamner was tbe owner of one hundred and twenty-six bales of upland cotton at Prairie Bluff, Ala., wbicb were seized by military officers of tbe United States, transported by them to Mobile, Ala., and there transferred to agents of tbe Treasury Department. II. Of said cotton, part was burned, lost, destroyed, or unaccounted…
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court:
Tbis action is founded on tbe Act March 12, 1863 (12 Stat. L., 820), wbicb, after making provision for tbe appointment of special agents “ to receive and collect all abandoned or captured *9property in. any State or Territory, or any portion of any State: or Territory, of tbe United States designated as in insurrection against tbe lawful government of tbe United States by the-proclamation of tbe President of July 1, 1862,” also provides • that “ any person claiming to bave beep, tbe owner of any such abandoned or captured property may, at any…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Haycraft v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- United States v. VillalongaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Kelly's Adm'r v. Kelly's DistributeesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1846
11 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by4 opinions
- Thomas's administrator v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1879
- Farrell Lines, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1982
- Askins v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1915
- Farrell Lines, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1981