United States Ex Rel. Redfield v. Windom

This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, to reverse a judgment of that court dismissing the relator’s petition for a peremptory writ of mandamus against the respondent, William Windom, Secretary of the Treasury, commanding him to deliver to the relator a Treasury draft for $ 12,536 which had been lawfully assigned to the relator by William Mitchell, the payee.

The petition and its amendments allege that William Mitchell, in pursuance of a contract made with the United States on the third of September, 1886, furnished certain material and performed certain labor…