United States v. Clark

94 U.S. 73

24 L.Ed. 67

UNITED STATES

v.

CLARK.

October Term, 1876

APPEAL from the Court of Claims.

On the 12th of April, 1873, Clark filed his petition in the Court of Claims praying relief from responsibility, under the act of May 9, 1866, 14 Stat. 44, on account of the loss, by robbery, of funds to the amount of $15,979.87 belonging to the United States, and in his hands as a paymaster in the army. The United States pleaded the general issue and the Statute of Limitations.

The court found the facts as follows:——

1. On the 6th April, 1865, the claimant lost, by robbery, while in the line of his duty…