Laughlin v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the preliminary statement and. facts of the case as found by the court: The following bill was referred to the court on the 3d day of March, 1905, by resolution of the United States Senate under an act of Congress approved March 3, 1887, known as the Tucker Act: “A BILL For the relief of Jones and Laughlins (Limited) and others.
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The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the preliminary statement and. facts of the case as found by the court: The following bill was referred to the court on the 3d day of March, 1905, by resolution of the United States Senate under an act of Congress approved March 3, 1887, known as the Tucker Act: “A BILL For the relief of Jones and Laughlins (Limited) and others. “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out-of any…
1Opinion of the CourtHowry, Judge
The 11 different interests appearing here were united fohearing at the same time to obtain reports together to the Congress under the fourteenth section of the act of March 3, 1887 (24 Stat., 505, c. 359). After the cases were consolidated, by consent, they were remanded with leave to all the claimants to amend and take testimony. It had not been shown that the payments for the expenses alleged to have been incurred had been made, but the allegation on that point rested in each case entirely upon the belief of an army officer, which was insufficient to prove a material fact. (Jones &…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Jones & Laughlins (Ltd.) v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1907
- Armstrong v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1894