27-2ClaimsReport : Petition of J. Monroe. [407] Indian depredations of 1839 in Florida.1842-2

House of Representatives Report No. 173, 27th Congress, 2nd Session (1842)

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27th CoNGuss, 2d Session. . Rep. No. 173. JOHN MO~ROE. FEBRUARY 9, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Ho. OF Rns.. Mr. CowEN, from the Committee of Claims, submitted the following REPORT: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John:. Monroe, report : This claim is for compensation for damages sustained by the destruction of the wagon and team of the petitioner, by Indians, in 1839, in the Terri-tory of Florida. The wagon and team in question were in the service of the United States, under a contract; while in such service, the wagon and three horses were destroyed. · The practice of the Government upon claims like this has been, so far as. is known to the committee, uniform. No claim of .the kind has ever been allowed. He who enters into his country's service, or puts his property into that service, under a contract voluntarily made, takes upon himself, for-the stipulated consideration, the hazards of that service, and must himself abide any loss resulting therefrom. The committee recommend the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That the petitioner is not entitled to relief. 

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