McKee v. Lamon
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEARS FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: These cases were argued in connection with Gilfillan v. McKee and McPherson v. McKee, ante, 303. This was the original bill therein referred to filed against McKee by Lamon and Black, surviving partners, and was based upon the assignment of the original Cochrane contract for a compensation of thirty per cent to Jeremiah S. Black, and the substitution of Black, in the place of Cochrane, as the attorney, counsel, and…
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APPEARS FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: These cases were argued in connection with Gilfillan v. McKee and McPherson v. McKee, ante, 303. This was the original bill therein referred to filed against McKee by Lamon and Black, surviving partners, and was based upon the assignment of the original Cochrane contract for a compensation of thirty per cent to Jeremiah S. Black, and the substitution of Black, in the place of Cochrane, as the attorney, counsel, and agent of the Choctaw Nation for the prosecution of their claim. This contract-..was entered into between McPherson, as…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
In these cases, Nos. 33 and 34, we are concerned only with the decree -in Lamon’s favor for $35,000, and with that part of the decree dismissing the claim of Lamon and Black. The bill was originally filed for the purpose of securing the payment to Lamon- and Black of thirty per cent, of the sum of $2,858,798.62 which the appellant was about to receive from the United States, under the authority received - by him from the Choctaw Nation, and also for an injunction restraining him from receiving such sum of money, and for the appointment of a receiver, who should -be authorized to collect this…
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