Chapter 800. Referring the claim of Hannah S
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CHAP. 800.— An Act Referring the claim of Hannah S. Crane and others to the Court of Claims. February 25, 1905. [[H. R. 10558](/us/bill/58/hr/10558).] [[Public, No. 106](/us/pl/58/106).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That jurisdiction be and theHannah S. Crane, etc.Claim for land in San Francisco, Cal., referred to Court of Claims. same is hereby, conferred on the Court of Claims to hear the claim of Hannah S.
Crane and others for the value of certain real property in the city of San Francisco, in the State of California, in which they claim an undivided one-sixth interest, upon the evidence already tiled in said court and such additional legal evidence as may be hereafter presented on either side; and if said court shall find that said parties acquired a valid title to said real property as claimed, said court shall award the said parties the market value of the undivided one-sixth of said property at the time possession was taken of it by the United States.
And before receiving the same, all of said parties shall execute a release to the United States for all right, title, and interest whatsoever in and to the said property, and any defense, set-oil, or counter-claim may be pleaded by the United States, as defendants, as in cases within the general jurisdiction of the court, and either party shall have the same right of appeal as in such cases. Approved, February 25, 1905.