Gilfillan v. McKee
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The litigation involved in this and the following cases was originally instituted by a bill filed July 7, 1888, by Ward IL Lamon and Chauncy F. Black, survivors' of themselves and Jeremiah.
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APPEALS FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The litigation involved in this and the following cases was originally instituted by a bill filed July 7, 1888, by Ward IL Lamon and Chauncy F. Black, survivors' of themselves and Jeremiah. S. Black, (Black, Lamon & Co.,) against Henry E. McKee, the object of which was to protect and enforce their equitable rights and interest in an appropriation of $2,858,798.62, made by an act of Congress approved June 22, 1888, 25 Stat. 239, c. 503, to carry into effect the decision of this court in the case of the Choctaw Nation against the…
1Opinion of the Court
.Mr. Justice Brown,
after, stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
A motion to dismiss the appeal of McPherson, made by the appellees, demands a preliminary consideration. This motion is made upon the ground, -first, that the appellant is precluded from questioning the validity of the decree because, having been awarded a large sum of money out of the fund for distribution, he applied for and received the same, as did all the other beneficiaries to whom awards were made; and that the decree disposed of the entire fund and has been fully executed; second, that the decree was joint…
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