State v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the tacts of this case as found by the court: I. Between the 22d day of April, 1861, and the 4th day of July, 1861, .the State of New York, by its governor, Hon. Edwin D. Morgan, who was the commander in chief of its military forces, and by its other duly authorized officers and agents, enlisted, enrolled, armed, equipped, and caused to be mustered into the military service of the United States, to aid in the…
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the tacts of this case as found by the court: I. Between the 22d day of April, 1861, and the 4th day of July, 1861, .the State of New York, by its governor, Hon. Edwin D. Morgan, who was the commander in chief of its military forces, and by its other duly authorized officers and agents, enlisted, enrolled, armed, equipped, and caused to be mustered into the military service of the United States, to aid in the suppression of the war of the rebellion, thirty-eight regiments of troops for a period of two years, or during the war, and…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
The petition alleges that the defendants became indebted to the claimant, on the 1st day of July, 1862, for money laid out and expended to and for the use of defendants, a,t their request, in the sum of $3,131,188.02, and of this there has been paid the sum of $3,000,000, leaving a balance due the petitioner of $131,188.02.
It is further alleged that the necessity of said expenditure grew out of the wants of the Government in the early i>art of the civil war, and that, for the purpose of maintaining national authority through their proper officers, said defendants requested the State of New…
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