Legal Opinion
Marshall v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided April 26, 1886No. 106PublishedCited by 2 opinions
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The facts alleged in the petition so far as they are involved in this motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction will be found in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtScoeield, J.
This case was transmitted to the Court of Claims by the Committee on War Claims of the House of Representatives of the Forty-eighth Congress, under the act of March 3, 1883, known as the Bowman Act (22 Stat. L., 485).
The defendants, by the Attorney-General, move to dismiss the case for want of jurisdiction in the court to find the facts under said act.
In section 3 of this act is the following provision:
“Nor shall thesaid court have jurisdiction of any claim against the United States which is now barred by virtue of the provisions of any law of the United States.”
Are the claims in this case so…
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