Hukill v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the’case: The claimant in this case sought to recover $417.75 for mail transportation services rendered before the rebellion. He rested his case entirely upon the balance of his account as settled and certified by the accounting officers of the Treasury.
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The Reporters’ statement of the’case: The claimant in this case sought to recover $417.75 for mail transportation services rendered before the rebellion. He rested his case entirely upon the balance of his account as settled and certified by the accounting officers of the Treasury. The defendants did not controvert this, but rested their defense upon a supposed want of jurisdiction, upon the statute of limitations, and upon the presumption that the claim had been paid by the Confederate G-overnment. As the claimant was not entitled to an appeal, no findings of fact were filed by the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Drake, Cb. J.,
delivered tbe opinion, of tbe court.
On tbe 24th of April, 1858, tbe claimant entered into a contract witb tbe Post Office Department to transport tbe mail, from July 1, 1858, to June 30,1862, on route No. 7904, from Kidron, Arkansas, to Webber’s Falls and back, once a week, at $700 per year.
He stands credited on tbe books of the Auditor of tbe Treasury for tbe Post Office Department witb a balance of $417.75, for transportation of tbe mail from October 1, 1860, to May G, 1S61, tbe day when an Arkansas convention passed an ordinance declaring tbe secession of that State from tbe…
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