Sowle v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the defendants’ Demurrer. The Reporters' statement of the case: The facts set itp in the petition appear in the opinion of the court. In the case of Foster v. United States (32 C. Cls. 11., 170), in the argument for the defense, certain fundamental principles of statutory construction are set forth. So concisely are they put and so apt their application to the question presented in the case at bar, that I present them anew for the consideration of the court.
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On the defendants’ Demurrer. The Reporters' statement of the case: The facts set itp in the petition appear in the opinion of the court. In the case of Foster v. United States (32 C. Cls. 11., 170), in the argument for the defense, certain fundamental principles of statutory construction are set forth. So concisely are they put and so apt their application to the question presented in the case at bar, that I present them anew for the consideration of the court. (I refer the court to the pages of the report itself for the enumeration of the many cases cited in support of the different…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
The petition alleges that the claimant is the administratrix of Samuel W. McCormick, deceased; that the deceased was mustered into the service of the United States for a period of three years as second lieutenant in the Seventy-third Illinois Volunteers on August 21, 3862, and was discharged as such July 2, 1863; that at the death of the said deceased, on April 23, 1882, the defendants were indebted to him on account of pay proper subsistence, servants’ pay, and allowance from the 21st of August, 1862, to Juty 5, 1863; that the defendants under the act of June 11, 1896, settled and adjusted…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Medbury v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Dewey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Collins v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1879
- United States v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Newcomber v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1916
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- Mahan v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1903
- Latham v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1912