...as creditors" (Rev. .Stat., 236, 269, 277). The jurisdiction of the Court of Claims extends to uall claims founded upon any law of Congress or upon any...implied, with the Government of the United States," &c. (Rev. Stat., 1059). In Bowner v. United States (9 Wall.. 159), it is said, that: — "The Court...

...claims. The act of February 24, 1855, establishing the court of claims, invested it with authority to "hear and determine all claims founded upon any...of an executive department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the government of the United States, which may be suggested to it by a petition...

...claims. The act of February 24, 1855, establishing the court of claims, invested it Tith authority to "hear and determine all claims founded upon any...of an executive department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the government of the United States, which may be suggested to it by a petition...

...which could be submitted to the court of claims for adjudication as follows: "The said court shall a statute of Tennessee requiring express or implied, with the government of the United .States, which may be suggested to It by a petition...

...founded upon the con-^, stitution of the United States or any law ofg congress,* except for pensions, or upon any« regulation of an executive department,...implied, with the government of the United States, or for damages, liquidated or unliquidated, in cases not sounding in tort, in respect of which clainis...

...claims founded upon the constitution of the United States or any law of congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an executive department,...Implied, with the government of the United States, or for damages, liquidated or unliquidated, in cases not sounding hi tort, In respect of which claims...

...certain mode of examining and adjudicating upon their claims. It was required to hear and determine upon claims founded upon any law of congress, or upon any...of an executive department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the government of the United States. Originally it was a court merely in name,...

...1059. The Court of Claims shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the following matters: First. All claims founded upon any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an i"< utive Department, or upon any contract, expressed or implied, with the GovornI'l-nt «{ the United...

...States, establishing the Court of Claims. The words of that enactment are: " And the said Court shall hear and determine all claims founded upon any law...expressed or implied, with the Government of the United Slates, which may be suggested to it by a petition filed therein ;" and further, by way of conferring...

...time long subsequent to the commencement of this suit the jurisdiction of that court was limited to claims founded upon any law of Congress, or upon any...implied, with the government of the United States, and claims referred to it by either House of Congress. 'With unimportant exceptions the jurisdictional...