St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway Co. v. United States

The plaintiff’s petition sets forth seven different items of claim. Of these, two bills, 1893-A and 2259 — A, are barred by the statute of limitations of six years, and they are abandoned on that account by the plaintiff. The plaintiff also relinquishes any claim on account of bills No. 3377 and No. 4001, these bills having been paid in full to the plaintiff by the disbursing officer. Afterwards, on settlement of this officer’s account by the Auditor for the War Department, his account was checked with the differences claimed in the petition on these bills. Subsequently the amounts were…