B-121473, MAY 15, 1962
Highlights
BARTL: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF MAY 5. RELATIVE TO YOUR CLAIM FOR DAMAGES ALLEGED TO HAVE RESULTED FROM THE BREAKING OF THE FLANDRAU PARK DAM ON BIG COTTONWOOD RIVER IN BROWN COUNTY. THE MATTER WAS THE SUBJECT OF OFFICE LETTERS OF AUGUST 30. 1ST SESSION WERE INTRODUCED ON YOUR BEHALF IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE BY SENATOR HUMPHREY ON JUNE 30. YOUR CLAIM SOUNDS IN TORT AND CONSEQUENTLY IS NOT WITHIN THE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT JURISDICTION OF THIS OFFICE. WE THUS HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO SETTLE YOUR CLAIM AND ANY FUTURE CORRESPONDENCE FROM YOU RELATING TO THIS CLAIM WILL BE FILED WITHOUT REPLY.
B-121473, MAY 15, 1962
TO MR. VICTOR W. BARTL:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF MAY 5, 1962, RELATIVE TO YOUR CLAIM FOR DAMAGES ALLEGED TO HAVE RESULTED FROM THE BREAKING OF THE FLANDRAU PARK DAM ON BIG COTTONWOOD RIVER IN BROWN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, ON JULY 9, 1947 AND FROM SUBSEQUENT FLOODING THROUGH SIDE CHANNELS.
THE MATTER WAS THE SUBJECT OF OFFICE LETTERS OF AUGUST 30, OCTOBER 7, AND NOVEMBER 3, 1954, TO THE HONORABLE ESTES KEFAUVER, UNITED STATES SENATE AND OF OFFICE LETTERS OF NOVEMBER 3, 1954, AND MAY 1, 1962, TO YOU. ALSO, PRIVATE RELIEF BILLS, S.2252, 83D CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, AND S.81, 84TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION WERE INTRODUCED ON YOUR BEHALF IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE BY SENATOR HUMPHREY ON JUNE 30, 1953, AND JANUARY 6, 1955, RESPECTIVELY. THE SENATE FAILED TO GIVE SUCH LEGISLATION FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION.
AS EXPLAINED PREVIOUSLY, YOUR CLAIM SOUNDS IN TORT AND CONSEQUENTLY IS NOT WITHIN THE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT JURISDICTION OF THIS OFFICE. WE THUS HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO SETTLE YOUR CLAIM AND ANY FUTURE CORRESPONDENCE FROM YOU RELATING TO THIS CLAIM WILL BE FILED WITHOUT REPLY.