Chase v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF INDIANA. This writ of error brought up a judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana, dismissing a suit instituted against the United States by the personal representatives of Hiram W. Chase.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF INDIANA. This writ of error brought up a judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana, dismissing a suit instituted against the United States by the personal representatives of Hiram W. Chase. It appears from the statement of facts made by the court below that on the T7th day of July, 1866, John K. Snider leased for a term of ten years a certain lot with the building thereon in Lafayette, Indiana, to be occupied by the United States as a post office ; that the building was so occupied until…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The first question to be considered involves the jurisdiction of this court to review the judgment below upon writ of error. The United States contend that a judgment rendered in a suit brought under the act of March 3, 1887, c. 359, entitled “ An act to provide for the bringing of suits against the government of the United States,” and commonly known as the Tucker Act, cannot be reexamined here except upon appeal. 24 Stat. 505. So much of that act as can have any bearing upon this case is printed in the margin. 1
The contention of the government as to the jurisdiction of this court is not…
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