NESBITT v. UNITED STATES

No. 578.

186 U.S. 153 (1902)

NESBITT v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 19, 1902.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood for appellants.

Mr. William H. Robeson filed a brief for same.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims sustaining a plea to the jurisdiction of the court to hear a petition filed by appellants under the Indian Depredation Act of 1891.

The purpose of the petition was to recover the sum of $7950 against the United States, for the value of eighteen head of mules and twenty-nine head of horses, alleged to have...

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