Dunbar v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters1 statement of the case: This case was transmitted to the court by the committee of . the House of Eepresentatives. The facts upon which the defendants’ motion was based will be found in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Drake, Oh. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
Under the act of March 3, 1883, (22 Stat. L., 485, ch. 116,) commonly referred to as the Bowman Act, the Committee on Military Affairs of the House of Eepresentatives, on the 5th of March, 1884, transmitted to this court the claim of Eobert W. Dunbar, for investigation and determination of facts under the provisions of that act.
Nothing accompanied the letter of transmittal, but a printed copy of House Bill No. 4723, Forty-eighth Congress, 1st session, introduced February 11, 1884, and referred to that Committee, in the words following:
“A Bill…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Williams v. Department of HighwaysWest Virginia Court of Claims · 1977
3Cited by4 opinions
- Balmer v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1890
- Brannen v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1885
- Dunbar v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1887
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