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In re Waite

District Court, N.D. Iowa

Decided June 14, 1897PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Upon Writ of Ha boas Corpus. Submitted on petition, return, reply, and evidence.

1Opinion of the Court

SHIRAS, District Judge.

The facts out of which this proceeding has arisen, briefly stated, are as follows: Early in the year 1893 facts had come to the knowledge of the commissioner of pensions tending to show that many frauds were being perpetrated upon the United States in connection with claims for pensions and for increase of pensions which were represented by George M. Van Leuven, as pension attorney, whose office was located at Lime Springs, Howard *360county, Iowa. For the purpose of having a thorough examination made of these frauds, and tracing home the responsibility therefor, it was…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Ex Parte RoyallSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Martin v. Hunter's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1816
  3. NielsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  4. In Re NeagleSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  5. Tennessee v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1880

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Stevens v. McClaughryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913
  2. In Re McShane's PetitionDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1964
  3. Martin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2025
  4. Castle v. LewisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1918
  5. In re FairU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska · 1900

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