Battelle v. United States

Bichardson, Ch. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court:

This claim was transmitted to the Court of Claims by the Committee on War Claims of the House of Representatives February 17, 1886, under the provisions of section 2 of the Act of March 3, 1883 (22 Stat. L., 485), commonly called the Bowman Act.

The claimants filed their petition here March 30, 1886, setting out substantially:

That in February, 1862, they entered into a written contract with the United States,, through Captain McKenzie, to furnish the division under the command of General Lander, then in camp near Cumberland, with fresh beef.