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Excerpt from Argument of Sam C. Reid, Jr., Before the Court of Claims, in the Case of Private Armed Brig.-Of-War General Armstrong, on a Rehearing, January 27, 1857
But to establish beyond all doubt the intention of Congress to give to this court jurisdiction of the highest equity, the concluding part of the sentence, and, also, all claims which may be referred to said court by either house of Congress, makes it the duty of this court to entertain any character of claim that Congress may please to send to it for investigation.
Again: this section declares, it shall be the duty of the claimant, in all cases, to set forth a full statement of the claim, and of the action thereon in Congress, or by any of the departments, if such action has been had. N ow, I ask why Congress imposed on the claimant this imperative duty, if it had not for it some special object? That object is free from ambiguity, and is apparent and patent. It intended that the proceedings of Congress on any claim should fully appear while it determined, at the same time, that the action had by any of'the executive departments upon a claim should be fully set forth, in order that if there was error committed the court should take cognizance of it, and make the government responsible by granting relief.
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