Rollins v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The liqporters’’ statement of the case: The claim in this case was transmitted to the court under the Bowman Act by the Secretary of the Interior in June, 1881. It was not brought to a bearing until January, 1888. The following are the facts, which, with the opinion of the court, were transmitted to the Secretary of the Interior for his guidance and action.
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The liqporters’’ statement of the case: The claim in this case was transmitted to the court under the Bowman Act by the Secretary of the Interior in June, 1881. It was not brought to a bearing until January, 1888. The following are the facts, which, with the opinion of the court, were transmitted to the Secretary of the Interior for his guidance and action. I. The council of the Eastern Band or North Carolina tribe of Cherokee Indians passed the following resolutions : “State oe North Carolina, “ County of Cherokee: “ Oheoah Council Ground, October 9,1872. “ Whereas it is the sense of this…
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
This case was transmitted to the court by the Secretary of the Interior, under the provisions of the second section of the <£ Bowman Act ” of 1883, chapter 110 (22 Stat. L., 486), which authorizes the head of any Executive Department to transmit to the Court of Claims any claim or matter pending therein which may involve controverted questions of law or fact.
It is urged on the part of the defendants that the controversy involved in the case was finally determined and settled by a former Secretary of the Interior, and could not be…
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