Digest of Court of Claims Reports: From March, 1863, to December, 1875, and Appealed Cases in the Supreme Court, Volume 1 |
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... loss by any paymaster , quar- termaster , commissary of subsistence , or other dis- bursing officer , in the cases hereinbefore provided , to have been without fault or negligence on the part of such officer , it shall make a decree ...
... loss by any paymaster , quar- termaster , commissary of subsistence , or other dis- bursing officer , in the cases hereinbefore provided , to have been without fault or negligence on the part of such officer , it shall make a decree ...
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... losses . Appeals allowed . Sec . 2. Decree . Sec . 1. Claims for supplies , & c . , not to be Sec . entertained by the Court of Claims . Sec . 1. Tennessee and West Virginia . Sec . Sec . 1864 . July 2 , 1864 , witnesses not to be ...
... losses . Appeals allowed . Sec . 2. Decree . Sec . 1. Claims for supplies , & c . , not to be Sec . entertained by the Court of Claims . Sec . 1. Tennessee and West Virginia . Sec . Sec . 1864 . July 2 , 1864 , witnesses not to be ...
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... losses by capture or otherwise while in the line of his duty , of govern- ment funds , vouchers , records , and ... loss to have been without fault or neglect on the part of any such officer , it shall make a decree , setting forth ...
... losses by capture or otherwise while in the line of his duty , of govern- ment funds , vouchers , records , and ... loss to have been without fault or neglect on the part of any such officer , it shall make a decree , setting forth ...
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... Losses sus- tained ; gains prevented . Measure of damages . ) Bulkley , Henry S VIII 191 .... ( Army - transportation contract . Parol evidence admis- sible , when . ) Bulkley , H. S. , for Wright .... VIII 517 ( Army transportation ...
... Losses sus- tained ; gains prevented . Measure of damages . ) Bulkley , Henry S VIII 191 .... ( Army - transportation contract . Parol evidence admis- sible , when . ) Bulkley , H. S. , for Wright .... VIII 517 ( Army transportation ...
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... Loss by fire . Wages till loss . ) Frémont Contract Cases .. II 1 ( Horses , services , & c . Military officer's power to cou- tract . ) Frémont , John C. , for Roach IV 252 ( Lost drafts . Payee's right to strike out indorsements ...
... Loss by fire . Wages till loss . ) Frémont Contract Cases .. II 1 ( Horses , services , & c . Military officer's power to cou- tract . ) Frémont , John C. , for Roach IV 252 ( Lost drafts . Payee's right to strike out indorsements ...
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Page xxxii - Department, involving disputed facts or controverted questions of law, where the amount in controversy exceeds $3,000, or where the decision will affect a class of cases or furnish a precedent for the future action of any Executive Department in the adjustment of a class of cases, or where any authority, right, privilege, or exemption is claimed or denied under the Constitution.
Page liii - Concurrent with the Court of Claims, of all claims not exceeding ten thousand dollars founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Page xxxii - Claims, and tbe same shall be there proceeded in as if originally commenced by the voluntary action of the claimant; and the Secretary of the Treasury may, upon the certificate of any Auditor or...
Page xxxiv - Every claim against the United States cognizable by the Court of Claims, shall be forever barred unless the petition setting forth a statement thereof is filed in the court, or transmitted to it by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as provided by law, within six years after the claim first accrues...
Page liii - States were suable, and of all set-offs, counterclaims, claims for damages, whether liquidated or unliquidated, or other demands whatsoever on the part of the Government of the United States against any claimant against the Government in said court...
Page lxxxv - An Act to provide for the collection of abandoned property and for the prevention of frauds in insurrectionary districts within the United States...
Page xxxi - All claims founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, expressed or implied, with the Government of the United States, or for damages, liquidated or unliquidated, in cases not sounding in tort, in respect of which claims the party would be entitled to redress against the United States, either in a court of law, equity or admiralty, if the United States were suable...
Page lxxiii - The Court of Claims, at any time while any claim is pending before it, or on appeal from it, or within two years next after the final disposition of such claim, may, on motion, on behalf of the United States, grant a new trial and stay the payment of any judgment therein, upon such evidence, cumulative or otherwise, as shall satisfy the court that any fraud, wrong, or injustice in the premises has been done to the United States...
Page xxviii - ... messenger. The clerks shall take an oath for the faithful discharge of their duties, and shall be under the direction of the court in the performance thereof; and for misconduct or incapacity they may be removed by It from office ; but the court shall report such removals, with the cause thereof, to Congress, if in session, or If not, at the next session. The bailiff shall hold his office for a term of four years, unless sooner removed by the court for cause.
Page lxxvii - ... to be transmitted, with all the vouchers, papers, documents, and proofs pertaining thereto, to the said court, for trial and adjudication...