Swift Courtney & Beecher Co. v. United States

The claimant corporation in this case was a manufacturer and proprietor of friction-matches from May, 1870, to the time of bringing its action, and during that time purchased of the defendants a large amount of proprietary stamps for which it furnished its own dies and designs, each purchase being in amount greater than $500. By the provisions of the Act July 14,1870, ch. 255, § 4 (16 Stat.L., 257), and Bevised Statutes, § 3425, the claimant became entitled to a commission of 10 per cent, on the whole amount purchased.

The controversy between the parties which gives rise to this action relates…