Hancox v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The'court found the following facts: I. On the 4th of August, 1SG3, the claimants and the defendants entered into the agreement or charter-party for the steamer Edwin Lewis. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The'court found the following facts: I. On the 4th of August, 1SG3, the claimants and the defendants entered into the agreement or charter-party for the steamer Edwin Lewis. II. On the 31st of December, 1863, while tlie steamer was still in the service of the Quartermaster Department, lying in Folly Creek, South Carolina, the quartermaster under whose control she was sent a Government pilot aboard, with orders to take her through the creek. The master of the Aressel objected, upon the ground that Folly Greek is a small inlet, full of narrow, short curves,…
1Opinion of the CourtNott, J.
In this case evidence was offered by the claimants to show that by the usage of the Executive Departments receipts in full are to be regarded only as receipts for the amount of money actually paid, and that they do not conclude the party from maintaining his action for the balance of the debt which may be actually due. The purpose of the evidence was to take the case out of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Clyde, (7 O. Cls. B., p. 262.)
In Comstoelc’s Case, (ante, p. 141,) we endeavored to classify the *402decisions of the Supreme Court upon the subject of compromises with the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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