Henderson v. United States
United States Court of Claims
This case is submitted ou the record of proofs and official reports furnished by the War Department and onffile therein, together with some additional official reports of officers on file in the Treasury Department, obtained since the action of the War Department declining to direct payment of the claim.
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This case is submitted ou the record of proofs and official reports furnished by the War Department and onffile therein, together with some additional official reports of officers on file in the Treasury Department, obtained since the action of the War Department declining to direct payment of the claim. Some affidavits accompanied the papers transmitted from the War Department; but being ex parte, and, therefore, not evidence in this court, no reference is made to them in this brief. It was not deemed necessary to take this testimony over again, as there-is no question about the facts of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Casey, Oh. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The claimant brings this suit to recover the sum of $7,253 90. This claim is based upon an alleged verbal agreement made by claimant with Captain William Mills, an assistant quartermaster, on duty with the army under General Thomas in the department of the Cumberland.
On the 31st December, 1864, the chief quartermaster of the department issued to Captain Mills the following order:
Captain: The matter of supplying this department with Avood is intrusted to your discretion and j udgment. I am satisfied from your report of December 30th, that great…
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