Gregory v. United States

LITTLETON, Judge.

Plaintiff’s first claim that the special act of May 9, 1941, concedes liability cannot be sustained. Special jurisdictional acts such as this one are to be strictly construed, and they are never construed to concede liability unless the language of the act in that regard is very clear. Sioux Tribe of Indians v. United States, 97 Ct.Cl. 613, 663-665. The reports of the Claims Committees of Congress on the act disclose no intention to concede liability. A bill, S.1591, was first introduced in the Senate in 1937 to pay plaintiff $23,000 plus interest in settlement of his claim…