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UNITED STATES v. WARDWELL

No. 53.

172 U.S. 48 (1898)

19 S.Ct. 86

43 L.Ed. 360

UNITED STATES, v. WARDWELL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 28, 1898.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Hines Gorman for appellants. Mr. Assistant Attorney General Pradt was on his brief.

Mr. George A. King for appellee. Mr. Edward E. Holman was on his brief.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

Section 1069, Revised Statutes, is not merely a statute of limitations but also jurisdictional in its nature, and limiting the cases of which the Court of Claims can take cognizance. Finn v. United States, 123 U.S. 227.

Counsel for the government contend that the claim against the United States first accrued in 1869, when the cheques...

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