B-144770: Jul 24, 1962

NICOLAS JIMENEA: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF JUNE 12. YOUR CLAIM IS BARRED UNDER THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9. BECAUSE IT WAS FIRST RECEIVED IN THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE MORE THAN TEN YEARS AFTER IT FIRST ACCRUED. THAT ACT IS MORE THAN A MERE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. IT IS A CONDITION PRECEDENT TO THE RIGHT TO HAVE CLAIMS CONSIDERED HERE. THERE IS NO PROVISION UNDER WHICH WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO M...

B-144770: Jul 10, 1968

WAS DUE YOUR BROTHER. YOU HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY ADVISED BY OUR OFFICE IN PREVIOUS COMMUNICATIONS THAT IN VIEW OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9. SUCH CLAIM MAY BE PRESENTED WITHIN FIVE YEARS AFTER PEACE IS ESTABLISHED. "/2) WHENEVER ANY CLAIM BARRED BY SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE RECEIVED IN THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE. YOU STATE THAT YOU "DO NOT INTEND TO DISPUTE THE PROVISIO...

B-144770: Feb 28, 1961

NICOLAS JIMENEA: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF OCTOBER 12. YOUR CLAIM WAS BARRED UNDER THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9. BECAUSE IT WAS FIRST RECEIVED IN THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE MORE THAN TEN YEARS AFTER IT FIRST ACCRUED. YOU SAY THAT YOUR CLAIM IS A CONTINUANCE OF ONE MADE BY YOUR DECEASED FATHER. IS BARELY 8 YEARS. IT APPEARS THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME THE M/V DON ISIDR...