Smith v. United States

Drake, Ch. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court:

This case was transmitted to this court by the Committee on War Claims of the House of Eepresentatives, under the Bowman Act, (22 Stat. L., 485,) and with the letter of transmission were sent a number of ex parte affidavits filed before that committee in support of claimant’s demand.

The claimant moves that those affidavits be printed, and used in evidence at the trial of the case. This motion cannot be allowed.

The first paragraph of the report of the Committee on Claims of the House of Eepresentatives in favor of the Bowman bill is, as…