Chapter 455. Granting relief to Thomas M
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CHAP. 455.— An Act Granting relief to Thomas M. Livingston. March 3, 1927. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Court of Claims of the United States be, and hereby is, given jurisdiction to hear and determine the claim of Thomas M. Livingston, of Columbia, South Carolina, for compensation for the taking by the United States of a part of a tract of land belonging to said Thomas M. Livingston in Richland County, South Carolina, for public use, and damage to the remainder of said tract, resulting from the digging by the United States in 11)18 and 1919 of a canal through said property, as a sewage outlet for Camp Jackson, South Carolina, notwithstanding the fact that the United States, or any officer, agent, or employee acting in its behalf, entered upon said property under a claim of right, or committed a tort in doing so, and notwithstanding any statute of limitations with respect to suits against the United States.
Sec. 2. That the said Court of Claims in the adjudication of said claim is authorized, in its discretion, to employ and use the pleadings and evidence filed in the Court of Claims by the said Thomas Si. Livingston or the United States in case numbered 298-A between the said parties in said court, in which the Court of Claims rendered a decision on January 5, 1925, or upon such further proceedings as the court may require. Approved, March 3, 1927.