Finn v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
The following is the case, as stated by the court. The plaintiff seeks judgment in this case against the United States for the sum of $15,678 as the value of certain horses and mules which he claims to have purchased for, and delivered to, the United States, at their special instance and request, on or about October 14, 1863. He also asks interest from that date, on said sum, at the rate of six per cent per annum, until his demand is paid.
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The following is the case, as stated by the court. The plaintiff seeks judgment in this case against the United States for the sum of $15,678 as the value of certain horses and mules which he claims to have purchased for, and delivered to, the United States, at their special instance and request, on or about October 14, 1863. He also asks interest from that date, on said sum, at the rate of six per cent per annum, until his demand is paid. The claim was never presented to any executive department of the Government until July 3,1874, on which day it was filed in the office of the Quartermaster…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice
Harlan delivered the opinion of the court.
In United States v. Lippitt, 100 U.S. 663, 668, 669, it was held that `limitation is not pleadable in the Court of Claims against a claim cognizable therein, and which has been referred by the head of an executive department for its judicial determination, provided such claim was presented for settlement at the proper department within six years after it first accrued; that is, within six years after suit could be commenced thereon against the Government. Where the claim is of such a character that it may be allowed and settled by an…
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