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A82197 1 (1898-12-08)

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CLAIM   INVOLVING DISPUTED QUESTIONS OF FACT.
Where a claim depends upon disputed questions of fact between the offi-
   cers of the Government and the claimant, the accounting officers will
   not, in general, undertake to determine what the facts are, but will
   accept the conclusions of the Government officers, leaving the claim-
   aut to enforce his rights in court.

(Decision by Assistant Comptroller Mitchell, Decenber 8, 1898.)
  The  Interstate Coal and Coke Company   appeals from  the
action of the Auditor for the Navy Department in disallowing
its claim of $241.51 for demurrage in the case of the schooner
John 8. Ames, which, it is alleged, was detained at the navy-
yard, Portsmouth, N. H., for 2 days and ISM hours beyond the
period allowed for her discharge, through the fault of the Gov-
ernment, to which  the vessel was consigned.  The  Auditor
      19990-Vol.  5-18

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