Farmers Cotton Oil Co. ex rel. Choctaw Cotton Oil Co. v. United States

Plaintiff’s petition was filed on September 9, 1935. Senate Bill 4479, which referred to the Court of Claims the case now being considered with many others, was docketed on March 12, 1923, and the claim upon which this action is founded was therefore not presented to this court until more than twelve years after the congressional reference was made.

The plaintiff contends it is entitled to judgment under the general jurisdiction of this court acquired under what is known as the Tucker Act of 1887. The Government, on the other hand, insists that the statute of limitations has run against…