United States v. Jonas
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Louisian#. An act of May 29th, 1880,* authorized “the appointment of a Solicitor of the Treasury,” prescribed his duties, &c.; and enacted, among other things, that— “ The said solicitor shall have charge of all lands and other property which have been or shall be assigned, set off, or conveyed to the United States in payment of debts; . . . and to sell and dispose of lands assigned or set off to the United States in payment of…
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Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Louisian#. An act of May 29th, 1880,* authorized “the appointment of a Solicitor of the Treasury,” prescribed his duties, &c.; and enacted, among other things, that— “ The said solicitor shall have charge of all lands and other property which have been or shall be assigned, set off, or conveyed to the United States in payment of debts; . . . and to sell and dispose of lands assigned or set off to the United States in payment of debts.” An act of March 3d, 1863, entitled “An act to prevent and punish frauds on the revenue, to provide for the more…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Davis
It is quite apparent that the law will not compel the purchaser in this case to comply with the terms of sale and accept the deed offered, unless the Solicitor of the Treasury, who made the sale and executed the deed, has undoubted authority to do both these things. The officer was created by act of Congress of 29th of May, 1830, and among the duties assigned to him by the first section is the charge of property conveyed to the United States in payment of debts, with power to sell and dispose of the same. It may be that it was the intention of Congress that the important powers thus conferred…
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