White v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: This action the claimant brought by the voluntary filing of his petition. The single question of law on which the case turned rested upon a single fact which is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBichardson, J.
This action is brought to recover the surplus arising from the sale of the real estate of Joseph D. Edings, of South Carolina, in March, 1863, for the unpaid national direct taxes assessed thereon, over and above the amount of taxes, costs, charges, and commissions.
The proceedings were had under the provisions of the act of August 5, 1861, ch. 45 (12 Stat. L., 304), the act of July 7, 1862, ch. 98 (12 Stat. L., 422), and the act of January 6, 1863, ch. 21 (12 Stat. L., 640).
That the surplus arising from sales under those acts remains in the Treasury for the use of the owners or their legal…
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