Court of Claims, 1938

Creek Nation v. United States

Court of Claims · Decided May 2, 1938

87 Ct. Cl. 280; 1938 U.S. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 196; 1938 WL 4077

Counsel

Mr. Paul M. Niebell for the plaintiff., Mr. Wilfred Hearn, with whom was Mr. Assistant Attorney General Carl McFarland, for the defendant. Mr. Raymond T. Nagle was on the brief.

Opinion of the Court

*281CONCLUSION OF LAW

The court decided as a conclusion of law that the plaintiff was entitled to recover $372,816.93, less the counterclaim of the defendant heretofore allowed by the court in the sum of $76,805.51, or a balance of $296,011.42.

It was therefore ordered that the plaintiff recover of and from the United States the sum of two hundred ninety-six thousand eleven dollars and forty two cents ($296,011.42), with interest at 5 per centum per annum, as a part of just compensation, on $136,357.25 from May 2,1938, until paid.

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