Pierce v. United States

delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court:

Tbe above-named eases are all appeals from -tbe Court of Claims. Tbe first is before us in a separate record. Tbe other three, although distinct claims with separate pleadings, are certified to us as one record with one finding of facts for them all.' They are alike in every respect, except the names of tbe plaintiffs and tbe amounts claimed. Tbe case of Pierce differs from tbe others in some respects; but we shall endeavor to present tbe considerations which must determine tbe judgment of the court in all the cases in one opinion.

They are demands against…