Legal Opinion
Kingan & Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided October 20, 1930No. H-228PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LITTLETON, Judge.
Upon the first issue we are of opinion that the plaintiff is entitled to maintain this suit. Section 3477, Revised Statutes, now section 203, title 31, U. S. C. (31 USCA § 203) makes null and void all transfers and assignments made of any claim upon the United States, whether absolute or conditional, unless they are properly made and executed in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses, after the allowance of such a claim, the ascertainment of the amount due, and the issuing of a warrant for the payment thereof. It has been held that the intent of Congress, as…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Goodman v. NiblackSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- United States v. GillisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Spofford v. KirkSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Butler v. GoreleySupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Novo Trading Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal Rev.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- Mitchell Canneries, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1948
- John Wanamaker Philadlephia, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1966
- Johnson Controls World Services, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1999
- Standard Manufacturing Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1999
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