De Arnaud v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. This was an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims, dismissing the petition of Charles de Arnaud, in which he sought for a judgment in his favor against the United States for the sum of $100,000, for servicés the petitioner alleged he had rendered as a “military expert,” employed for “special and important duties,” by General Fremont for and on behalf of the United States.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. This was an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims, dismissing the petition of Charles de Arnaud, in which he sought for a judgment in his favor against the United States for the sum of $100,000, for servicés the petitioner alleged he had rendered as a “military expert,” employed for “special and important duties,” by General Fremont for and on behalf of the United States. The facts of the case, as found by the court below, were as follows: The claimant is a native subject of Eussia, residing in the United States. .. The following is a translation of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
The court below, passing by other grounds of defence, dismissed the petition upon the proposition that it disclosed a case within the ruling of this court in the case of Totten, Administrator, v. United States, 92 U. S. 105.
That was a- case where one Lloyd asserted that, under a contract with President Lincoln, he was to proceed South and ascertain the number of troops stationed at different points in the insurrectionary States, procure plans of forts, and gain such other information as might be beneficial to the government of the United States, and report the facts to the President; for…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Finn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Totten v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Bauserman v. BluntSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- United States v. Child & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Baker v. NachtriebSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
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