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OAKES v. UNITED STATES

No. 19.

174 U.S. 778 (1899)

19 S.Ct. 864

43 L.Ed. 1169

OAKES, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 22, 1899.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John C. Fay for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Pradt for appellees. Mr. Assistant Attorney John G. Capens was on his brief.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

The special act of Congress of July 28, 1892, c. 313, under which the petition in this case was filed, confers jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims "to hear and determine what are the just rights in law" of the claimant, as the daughter and heir at law of Hugh Worthington, to compensation for the value of his interest in the steamboat Eastport, alleged to have been taken by the...

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