Hoyle v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the'case: The facts found by the court complied with every condition imposed by the Disbursing Officers’ Act, and the only question discussed was the question of evidence.
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
The facts, as shown by the record, are briefly as follows: -
On the 20th of November, 1879, the claimant, being at the time a lieutenant in the First Regiment of Cavalry of the United States Army, was on duty in one of the Territories, as acting commissary of subsistence, having in his possession funds belonging to the Subsistence Department; at said time his safe, containing Government funds to the amount of $75.92, was destroyed by fire; said funds were destroyed in the loss of the safe, and the claimant was without fault or negligence on his part.
This proceeding is based on the third…
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