Legal Opinion
United States v. Perryman
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 18, 1880No. 153PublishedCited by 15 opinions
Appeal from the Court of Claims. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
This suit, was brought to enforce an alleged liability of the United States, under sects. 2154 and 2155 of the Revised Statutes, to pay the value of twenty-three head of beef cattle, stolen from the claimant, a friendly Indian, within the Indian country.
These sections are as follows : —
“Sect. 2154. Whenever, in the commission, by a white person, of any crime, offence, or misdemeanor within the Indian country, the property of any friendly Indian is' taken, injured, or destroyed, and a conviction is had for such crime, offence, or misdemeanor, the person so convicted shall be sentenced to pay…
2Cited by15 opinions
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- Hodges v. . HodgesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1946
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