United States v. Beebe
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. On the tenth day of March, 1890, the United States brought suit in the Circuit Court of the United States for-the Middle District of Alabama, against Eugene Beebe and-the heirs ;at law of one Eerris Henshaw, deceased, praying that two separate judgments in favor of the United States (one against Beebe and the other against the administrator of Henshaw) should be set aside and vacated; for the removal of the…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. On the tenth day of March, 1890, the United States brought suit in the Circuit Court of the United States for-the Middle District of Alabama, against Eugene Beebe and-the heirs ;at law of one Eerris Henshaw, deceased, praying that two separate judgments in favor of the United States (one against Beebe and the other against the administrator of Henshaw) should be set aside and vacated; for the removal of the administration of the estate of Henshaw into that court; for an accounting by Beebe and the other defendants by reason of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
The principal claim against the defendants is based upon the manner in which the two separate judgments were obtained against the defendant Beebe, and the administrator of Henshaw, in the Circuit Court of Alabama on February 6, 1885. The amount due on one of those judgments (that against Beebe) was paid into the United States Treasury on July 1, 1886, and this suit was commended in March, 1890.
The grounds upon which the'court is asked to set aside the judgments so entered are (1) fraud in procuring them, and (2) the absence of power On the part of the district attorney to make the compromise,…
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