Congressional Record: Committee on Judiciary Report on Judah Touro Land Claim, February 8, 1855

Report from the Committee on the Judiciary to the United States Congress, dated February 8, 1855, recommending passage of a bill for the relief of claimants to a tract of land containing Fort Bourbon. The report concerns a land claim by the estate of Judah Touro, and the committee ruled in favor of the Touro Estate, suggesting payment in accordance with the right of eminent domain. This is noted as a unique case where a Jew owned land on which a U.S. fort was already situated.

Associated People/Businesses

• Touro, Judah

Geography

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Subjects

• Land Claims
• Eminent Domain
• Judah Touro
• Fort Bourbon

Physical Location

KF4976.Y88 U6 1852 copy 1