Grimes v. United States

The claimant resided during the war in. Wayne County, Tenn.; and after the war he presented to the Quartermaster-General a claim for stores and supplies alleged to have been taken from him for the use of the Army of the United States.

His claim was rejected by the Quartermaster-General upon the ground that “the stores were not receipted for nor reported to this office by any officer as taken or received by him for army use.” It was referred to this court under the Bowman Act by the Committee on War Claims of the House of Representatives, and is now being considered on the preliminary question…