Choteau v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case : The grounds upon which the defendants’ motion to dismiss the petition rested will be found in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtNott, J.
This case presents a novel and interesting jurisdictional question, which hasnotbeen the subject of argument, but which has received the serious consideration of the court.
The claim was transmitted to the court by the Committee on Claims of the House of Representa! ives. The defendants now move to dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction, upon the grounds that the claim was barred when referred (1) by the statute of limitations (Rev. Stat., section 1069) and (2) by a former judgment of this court within the meaning of section 1093. The counsel for the claimant replies that the former…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chouteau v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
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