MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.
Section 162 of the Judicial Code, enacted March 3, 1911, provides as follows:
"The Court of Claims shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the claims of those whose property was taken subsequent to June 1, 1865, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved March 12, 1863, entitled An Act to provide for the collection of abandoned property and for the prevention of frauds in insurrectionary...
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