Briggs v. United State
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter s’ statement of tbe case: The facts relating to this motion and upon which it was considered are set forth in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWeldoN, J.
In the consideration and decision of this motion it becomes necessary t.o recite some of the proceedings after the rendition of the first judgment, in which this court found for the defendant and dismissed the petition. From that judgment the plaintiff prosecuted an appeal to the Supreme Court, which, at the October term, 1891, reversed the judgment and directed a retrial of the cause in pursuance to the law as announced and upon the points indicated in the opinion.
The Court of Claims held in the first trial that the transaction between the decedent and' O. S. Morehead, from which it is…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Medway v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1870