Savage v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The case went off on tlie point of jurisdiction, viz, that the claim not having been presented to the Department of State until after it was barred by the statute of limitations, the Secretary was without power to refer it and the court acquired no jurisdiction by the reference. The facts relating to this point will be found in Findings I and III.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The case went off on tlie point of jurisdiction, viz, that the claim not having been presented to the Department of State until after it was barred by the statute of limitations, the Secretary was without power to refer it and the court acquired no jurisdiction by the reference. The facts relating to this point will be found in Findings I and III. The following are the facts as found by the court: I. B/6nry Savage, a citizen of the United States, now deceased, testate, left the country in the year 1827 and took up his residence in Guatemala, where he…
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The claim in this case accrued nearly thirty years ago, September 14,1858, when the claimant’s testator ceased performance of the services for which compensation is demanded. The action was not commenced by voluntary petition, but by transmission from the Secretary of State under the provisions of section 1066 of the Revised Statutes,
The defendants contend among other defenses that the court is without jurisdiction by reason of the statute of limitations (Rev. Stat., 1069), and have filed a motion to dismiss on that account.
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