Pilkington v. United States

Citations

• 36 Ct. Cl. 357
• 1901 U.S. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 60
• 1900 WL 1414

Syllabus

<p>A committee of the House of Representatives refers, under the Bowman Act, a claim which has been investigated by the court and paid by Congress under a statute which provided that the acceptance of payment should be a full and final discharge of the claim.</p> <p>I. A claim investigated by this court under the Bowman Act and paid by Congress upon the statutory condition that the receipt of the amount awarded by the court shall be “a full and final discharge” of the claim is absolutely extinguished and barred, and can not be reexamined by the court by virtue of a second reference by the committee. Act Sd March, 1891 (26 Stat. L., 1441, 1453).</p> <p>II. Where a claim so barred is referred by a committee, the court can only report the fact that the claimant has received and accepted payment of the amount awarded.</p>