United States v. Smith

This was an; action in the Court of Claims under the third clause.of sect. 1059 and sect. 1062 of the Revised Statutes, to establish a right to relief for public money stolen "from the claimant, who was a paymaster ‘in the army. The case turned in the court below, as it does here, on the question of the applicability of the Statute of Limitations as found in sect. 1069; .and the claimant relies upon the opinion in United States v. Clark, 96 U. S. 37.

That case differs materially from this. The United States were suing Clark, in a court of general jurisdiction, on bis bond, to recover the sum…