McClure v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: These cases were transmitted by the Secretary of the Treasury under the Bowman Act. The following are the facts as found by the court: I. In August, September, and October, 1868, Charles Mathewson was United States Indian agent at the Winnebago Agency,. Nebraska, and H. B. Denman was superintendent of the Northern superintendency of Indian affairs. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: These cases were transmitted by the Secretary of the Treasury under the Bowman Act. The following are the facts as found by the court: I. In August, September, and October, 1868, Charles Mathewson was United States Indian agent at the Winnebago Agency,. Nebraska, and H. B. Denman was superintendent of the Northern superintendency of Indian affairs. II. A contract was entered into between Charles Mathewson and the plaintiff, Ezekiel McClure, for cutting and stacking 400 tons of hay, of which the following are the material parts: “First. That the said…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
Two separate claims in these cases were referred to the court together by the Secretary of the Treasury June 22, 1883, pursuant to the provisions of the second section of the Act of March 3, 1883, chapter 116, (22 Stat. L., 485), commonly called the “ Bowman Act.” The facts are identical except that the claimants are several.
On the 1st day of September, 1868, each claimant made an agreement in writing with the agent of the defendants to cut and stack on the Winnebago Indian Reservation, at such place on said reservation as might be designated by the agent of the defendants, “ 400 tons of good…
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