United States v. Robeson
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the-district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. The United States on the 10th of January 1822, instituted a suit, by petition, in the district court of the United States in Louisiana, against the defendant William L. Robeson, late assistant deputy quartermaster-generalin the army of the United States; claiming to recover the sum of 2663 dollars 61 cents, for the balance of his account, as such officer, a3 settled and examined,…
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IN error to the-district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. The United States on the 10th of January 1822, instituted a suit, by petition, in the district court of the United States in Louisiana, against the defendant William L. Robeson, late assistant deputy quartermaster-generalin the army of the United States; claiming to recover the sum of 2663 dollars 61 cents, for the balance of his account, as such officer, a3 settled and examined, adjusted, admitted and certified at said department. To this petition and the citation issued thereon, the defendant answered…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice M’Lean
The plaintiffs brought their action against the defendant, in the district .court of Louisiana,, to recovera balance of public money which remained in his hands as late assistant deputy quartermaster-general. The pleadings being'made up, the cause was submitted to a jury, who rendered a verdict for a sum less by 1007 dollars, than the reported balance at the treasury department.
This difference was produced by certain decisions of the court, on the trial, and to which exceptions were taken. And these exceptions are now brought before this court by a writ of error.
In the first bill of…
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