United States v. Borcherling
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. The facts of this case were thus found by the Court of Claims: “ By act of Congress approved February 23, 1891,- the Secretan’- of the Treasury of the United States was authorized and directed to adjust, upon principles of equity and justice, the accounts of Eodman M. Price, late purser in the United States Navy and acting navy agent at San Francisco, crediting him with the sum paid over to and receipted for by his successor, A. M. Yan…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. The facts of this case were thus found by the Court of Claims: “ By act of Congress approved February 23, 1891,- the Secretan’- of the Treasury of the United States was authorized and directed to adjust, upon principles of equity and justice, the accounts of Eodman M. Price, late purser in the United States Navy and acting navy agent at San Francisco, crediting him with the sum paid over to and receipted for by his successor, A. M. Yan Nostrand, acting purser, January 14, 1850, and pay to said Eodman M. Price, or his heirs, out of any money in the Treasury not…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shieas
The facts and law of this case were so fully and satisfactorily discussed in the court below that its opinion might well be adopted as that of this court. 35 O. Cl. 311.
¥e shall, however, briefly examine some of the propositions urged in the brief of the Government filed in the case.
The first and principal contention is that the United States is a sovereignty and has absolute control of the manner in which it shall pay its debts, the persons to whom they shall be paid, and, in fact, whether they shall be paid or sued upon at all; that it is incompetent for the State of New Jersey, through a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Vaughan v. NorthupSupreme Court of the United States · 1841
- Price v. ForrestSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Heirs of Emerson v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
- Blagge v. BalchSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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