United States v. Nourse
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the circuit court of the United States for the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia. Mr Coxe, for the complainant, moved to dismiss this appeal for wánt of jurisdiction.
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APPEAL from the circuit court of the United States for the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia. Mr Coxe, for the complainant, moved to dismiss this appeal for wánt of jurisdiction. The circumstances and proceedings in this case, as exhibited in the record, were the following: •Joseph Nourse was removed from the office of register of the treasury of the United States in 1829. The following comm,unication was afterwards addressed to him from the treasury department. Treasury Department, Comptroller’? Office, 26th June 1829; Sir — Upon a statement of a general account,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice M’Lean
A motion is made by the counsel for the defendant, the appellee, to dismiss this suit for want of jurisdiction.
The proceedings in this case were instituted by the government, under an act of congress “providing for the better organization of the treasury department,” passed the 15th of May 1820.
By the second section of this act, it is provided, “thatfrom and after the. 30th day of September next, if any 'collector of th.e revenue, receiver of public money, or other.officer, who shall have received the public “money before it is paid into the treasury of the United States, shall fail to render…
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