Scott v. United States

The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion of the court, per curiam, as follows:

Plaintiff instituted this suit by petition filed October 29, 1943, to recover $207.90 alleged to be due him by defendant. The facts alleged in the petition are as follows:

On January 8, 1935, the Treasurer of the United States issued Treasury check No. 9,505,866 payable to the order of plaintiff in the amount of $207.90, and signed by G. F. Allen, Chief Disbursing Officer of the defendant. Plaintiff has not received this check nor a duplicate thereof and he has not received the $207.90 represented by the check.…