Haycraft v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeals from the Court of Claims; the case being thus: By an act of March 3d, 1863,‡ relating to the Court of Claims, it was enacted that— . “ The said court shall have and determine all claims founded upon . . . any contract, express or implied, with the government of the United States.”, It was further enacted: “ Section 10. That every claim against the United States, cognizable by the said court, shall be forever barred unless the petition setting forth a statement of the…
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Appeals from the Court of Claims; the case being thus: By an act of March 3d, 1863,‡ relating to the Court of Claims, it was enacted that— . “ The said court shall have and determine all claims founded upon . . . any contract, express or implied, with the government of the United States.”, It was further enacted: “ Section 10. That every claim against the United States, cognizable by the said court, shall be forever barred unless the petition setting forth a statement of the claim be filed in the court . . . within six years after the claim accrued.” This statute relating to the Court of…
1Opinion of the Court
The CHIEF JUSTICE
delivered the opinion of the court.
The main question presented for our consideration in this case is whether one who gave aid and comfort to the late rebellion can, after the expiration of two years from its suppression, commence and successfully maintain an action in the Court of Claims for the recovery of money in the treasury arising from the sale of his cotton taken possession of by the United States, and sold under the provisions of the Captured and Abandoned Property Act.
The ease has been argued to some extent as though it involved the consideration of a statute of…
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