Legal Opinion

Ayres v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided December 14, 1908No. 11903PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: The following is the separate opinion referred to in the preceding case, pp. 48, 120:

1Opinion of the CourtHowey, J.

Congress passed an act February 24, 1905, 33 Stat., pt. 1, 808, under which the legal representatives of the Eli Ayres mentioned in the act appeared and prosecuted the claim *113therein mentioned. The act was embodied in an appropriation bill and appears in the margin.a

Though this act calls for a report of facts, the effect of the language has compelled the court to construe various statutes and to determine rights arising out of thfe proper interpretation of several treaties with which the Government is identified as-trustee, and to act according to a rule laid down for the court to report the…

2Cases cited27 opinions

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  3. Den Ex Dem. Murray v. Hoboken Land & Improvement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1856
  4. Kendall v. United States Ex Rel. StokesSupreme Court of the United States · 1838
  5. Hayburn's CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1792

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Farmers Cotton Oil Co. ex rel. Choctaw Cotton Oil Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1937
  2. Bodkin v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1929

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