Chapter 482. for the relief of John Finn
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CHAP. 482.— An Act for the relief of John Finn.February 28, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,John Finn.Claim referred to Court of Claims. That the claim of John Finn, of Saint Louis, Missouri, successor to the firm of John Finn and Company, for the value of twenty-four horses and seventy-eight mules, be. and the same is hereby, referred to the Court of Claims, with jurisdiction to hear, determine, and allow the same: and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the said court that the said horses and mules were duly inspected and accepted as suitable for the service for which they were intended by an officer of the.
United States, under the regulations, practice or custom in force in and observed by the quartermaster’s department at Saint Louis, Missouri, in the purchase of horses and mules for the Government at the time the said claim originated, and that the said horses and mules thereby became the property of the United States, the court shall render judgment *Provisos.*Bar of limitation removed.for the agreed price of said horses and mules: *Provided,* That said court shall hear and determine said claim, notwithstanding the bar of any statute of limitation to the contrary: *And provided further,* Testimony admissible.That all the testimony taken in Congressional case number one hundred and twenty-seven, and also in case number fifteen thousand two hundred and twenty-three, upon the subject of this claim now on file in the office of the clerk of the Court of Claims may be used and read in evidence upon the hearing and trial of the claim herein mentioned; subject, however, to the objections of either party as to its competency, relevancy, and materiality.
Approved, February 28, 1891.