United States v. Babcock

Citations

• 54 Ct. Cl. 201
• 250 U.S. 328

Syllabus

<p>The act of March 3, 1885, chapter 335, 23 Statutes, 350, authorizing payment, after examination and determination by the accounting officers of the Treasury, of claims for property belonging to officers and enlisted men and lost or destroyed in the military service under certain circumstances, provides “ that any claim which shall be presented and acted on under authority of this act shall be held as finally determined and shall never thereafter be reopened or considered.” Reld, that this proviso clearly confers exclusive and final jurisdiction on the Treasury Department, so that claims under the act are not within the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. United States v. Laughlin, 249 U. S., 440, distinguished.</p> <p>Under the acts of January 9, 1883, chapter 15, 22 Statutes, 401, and August 13, 1888, chapter 868, 25 Statutes, 437, the right to present claims for the loss, etc., of horses in the military service, under section 3482, Revised Statutes, as amended by the act of June 22,1874, chapter 395, 18 Statutes, 193, expired in 1891.</p>