Michot v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the claimants Motion. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The motion of the claimant will be found set forth in the opinion of the court. A court during its term has full power to amend, correct, or vacate its judgment or decree for error either of fact or of law. And even after the expiration of the term it may be so corrected for a mere clerical error. (Freeman on Judgments, sec. 09; Walden v. Oraig, 14 Pet., 147; Boss v. Tyack, 14 How., 297; Oheang-KeeY.
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On the claimants Motion. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The motion of the claimant will be found set forth in the opinion of the court. A court during its term has full power to amend, correct, or vacate its judgment or decree for error either of fact or of law. And even after the expiration of the term it may be so corrected for a mere clerical error. (Freeman on Judgments, sec. 09; Walden v. Oraig, 14 Pet., 147; Boss v. Tyack, 14 How., 297; Oheang-KeeY. United States, 3 Wall., 320; Bronson v. Sehul-ten, 104 U. S., 410, 415; In re Wight, 134 U. S., 136.) The last named is a…
1Opinion of the CourtPeelle, J.
This case, involving the overtime of letter carriers in the city of Louisville, Ely., under the Act May ¿34,1888 (25 Stat. L., 157), was referred to a commissioner by agreement of parties, to state the account between them and the United States. On the 18th day of February, 1895, the commissioner made his report, and after stating the evidence upon which he based his conclusions, among other things, stated the claimant’s account as follows:
No exceptions were filed to the report by either party; and in accordance with the practice in these cases both parties consented that judgment might be…
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