Schaumburg v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chiee Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of the-court.
The judgment in this case is affirmed on the authority of United States v. Eckford, 6 Wall. 484. Claims for credit can be used in suits against persons indebted to the United States to reduce or extinguish the debt, but not as the foundation of a judgment' against the government. In the present case the court instructed the jury as matter of law that the plaintiff in error, from July 1, 1836, until March 24, 1845, was in the military service of the United States as a first lieutenant of dragoons or cavalry; and that he was entitled as…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. EckfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
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