United States ex rel. Stokes v. Kendall
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
On the 26th of May, 1837, W. B. Stokes, Richard C. Stock» ton, Lucius W. Stockton, and Daniel Moore filed their petition in the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, praying the Court to issue a writ of mandamus to Amos Kendall, Postmaster-General of the United States, commanding him to credit the petitioners with the amount awarded to them by the Solicitor of the Treasury of the United States, under an Act of Congress passed for their relief on the 2d of July, 1836,…
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On the 26th of May, 1837, W. B. Stokes, Richard C. Stock» ton, Lucius W. Stockton, and Daniel Moore filed their petition in the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, praying the Court to issue a writ of mandamus to Amos Kendall, Postmaster-General of the United States, commanding him to credit the petitioners with the amount awarded to them by the Solicitor of the Treasury of the United States, under an Act of Congress passed for their relief on the 2d of July, 1836, and to pay the same to the petitioners, deducting only the amount which shall be justly chargeable against the same. The…
1Opinion of the CourtCranch, C. J.
The material facts stated in the affidavit upon which the rule was founded, are substantially as follows :
By the Act of Congress of the 2d of July, 1836, [6 Slat, at Large, 665,] “for the relief of William B. Stokes, Richard C. Stockton, Lucius W. Stockton, and Daniel Moore,” the Solicitor of the Treasury was authorized and directed to settle and adjust their claims for extra services as contractors for carrying the mail under certain contracts made with them by Mr. Barry, the late Postmaster-General; and for that purpose to inquire into and determine the equity of their claims for and on…
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