Cherokee Nation v. United States

Mr., Chief Justice Taft

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1906, this Court affirmed a judgment of the Court of Claims.for the principal of and the interest on four amounts due from the United States to the Cherokee Nation. Cherokee Nation v. United States, 202 U. S. 101; s. c. 40 Ct. Cls. 252. The interest allowed in the judgment was five per cent, on the four claims from the accruing of liability to their payment. Since that judgment, and its payment in full, the Cherokee Nation has presented to Congress the claim, that more than simple interest was due, that the principal and interest…