United States v. Wilkins
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an action of debt brought in the District Court of Kentucky against the defendant, a former contractor for supplying the troops of the United States with provisions. The defendant pleaded nil debet.
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This was an action of debt brought in the District Court of Kentucky against the defendant, a former contractor for supplying the troops of the United States with provisions. The defendant pleaded nil debet. The attorney of the United States, to support the issue on the part of the United States,- produced a- certain account marked A. The counsel for the defendant, to support the issue on his part, produced the contract marked B.; also, a paper marked C., and an account for contingent claims, marked D. By the contract entered into between the defendant and the Secretary of War, on the 3d of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This case combs up from the Circuit Court of Kentucky, upon a division of opinion of the Judges upon certain questions stated in the record.
It appears from the record, that the defendant, on the 3d of July, 1801, entered into certain articles of agreement with the Secretary at War, for supplying the troops of the United States with provisions, at certain places enumerated in the contract. Among other things, the articles provide, that the contractor should receive, “ for every complete ration issued at the Chickasaw Bluffs, at Nashville, at Bear Creek, on the Tennessee, or at any place on the…
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