Case: THE UNITED STATES v. CONRAD S. BABCOCK; THE UNITED STATES v. HERBERT B. HAYDEN
Abbreviation: United States v. Babcock
Decision Date: 1919-06-02
Docket Number: 
Citation: 54 Ct. Cl. 201
Volume: 54
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: THE UNITED STATES v. CONRAD S. BABCOCK. THE UNITED STATES v. HERBERT B. HAYDEN.
Judges: 
Pages: 201–202

Head Matter:
THE UNITED STATES v. CONRAD S. BABCOCK. THE UNITED STATES v. HERBERT B. HAYDEN.
[Not reported in C. Cls. R.; 250 U. S., 328.]
Judgment was delivered in favor of the claimants in the court below. On appeal the judgments were reversed, and the Supreme Court decided:
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.
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.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice BraNdeis
delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court June 2, 1919.