Thompson v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: The following are the facts as found by the court: I. Henry Adams died in Philadelphia on November 20,1867, and letters of administration upon his estate were duly granted by the register of wills of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, to the claimant, Charles B. Thompson, upon his entering security in the sum of $600. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: The following are the facts as found by the court: I. Henry Adams died in Philadelphia on November 20,1867, and letters of administration upon his estate were duly granted by the register of wills of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, to the claimant, Charles B. Thompson, upon his entering security in the sum of $600. II. At the time of his death $100 was standing to the credit of said Henry Adams on the books of the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, due to him for enlistment in the Navy. III. On April 8,1868, the Fourth Auditor allowed to said Charles B.…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
This suit is brought by the claimant, as administrator of Henry Adams, to recover two distinct sums of money, to wit: $51.70, being amount due the deceased for services in the Navy, and the sum of $428.62, due the estate of decedent as the share allotted to the “ legal representatives ” of said decedent under *278the act of February 22, 1883, in relation to the “ Japanese indemnity fund.”
To the first item the defendants interpose the statute of limitations.
The statute of limitations is a sufficient answer to the plaintiff’s demand for the balance due his decedent for services as a seaman in the…
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