Dyer v. United States

Nott, J.,

delivered the following opinion:

The question in this case is whether the claim is barred by the Act 3d March, 1879 (20 Stat. L., 650).

The Act 4th July, 1864 (13 Stat. L., p. 381), provides that claims for quartermaster stores may be submitted to the Quartermaster-General and claims for subsistence furnished to the Army may be submitted to the Commissary-General. The act of 1879 provides that all claims not presented and filed prior to the 1st January, 1880, shall be forever barred.

The claimant in this case presented to the Quartermaster-*419General prior to 1st January, 1880, a claim for…