United States v. Olmsted
U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Action at law by tfie United States to recover back the amount of a claim allowed and paid to defendant as an army officer. On demurrer to petition.
1Opinion of the Court
McPHERSON, District Judge.
The petition herein alleges that November 27, 1896, defendant was a captain in the regular army (cavalry), and he then had a claim pending against the government for $60, the value of a horse, which had died from flatulent colic at Ft. Robinson, Neb., February 7, 1896; that November 27, 1896, the auditor for the war department allowed the claim, and ordered it paid in the sum of $60; and that December 2, 1896, the claim was paid to the defendant by a warrant on the treasurer of the United States, which warrant the defendant cashed. The petition further alleges that…
2Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. OlmstedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
- United States v. WillcoxCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1902
- United States v. MasonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1909