MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was brought in the Court of Claims on the 24th day of April, 1894.
The claimant Greathouse was appointed Consul General of the United States at Kanagawa, Japan, and served in that capacity from August 1, 1886, to March 31, 1889. Since the last named date he has continuously resided in foreign countries, and had not when this cause was heard below returned to the United States.
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