Legal Opinion

Dunbar v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided June 2, 1884No. Congressional No. 41PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The Reporters’ statement of the case: The previous action of the court and the petition dismissed for want of jurisdiction will be found at p. 489 ante.

1Opinion of the Court

Drake, Ch. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court:

At a previous day in the present term of the court we had occasion to pass upon a motion made by the defendants to dismiss the petition filed in this case, for want of jurisdiction in the court to entertain it. We sustained that motion, dismissed the petition, and transmitted a copy of our opinion to the Committee on Military Affairs of the House of Representatives.

Thereafter the claimant filed a motion for leave to file an amended petition, which was laid before the court with the motion.

We have not examined this petition with much care, nor…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Dunbar v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1887
  2. Stanton v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1922

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