COLLIER v. UNITED STATES

No. 252.

173 U.S. 79 (1899)

COLLIER v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1899.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.H. Garland and Mr. Heber J. May for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Thompson for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This appeal brings up for review a judgment of the Court of Claims, dismissing, for want of jurisdiction, a claim originally filed in that court by one Ranck, since deceased, to recover for damages alleged to have been sustained on March 2, 1869, by the destruction of property of the claimant by Indians near the line of Texas and Mexico.

The finding of the court is that "The alleged depredation was committed...

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