Kendall v. United States Ex Rel. Stokes
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the circuit court of the United States in the District of Columbia, for' the- county of Washington. ' .On the twenty-sixth'day of May, 1837, William.' B, Stokes, Rich-, ard C. Stockton, Lucius W, Stockton, and Daniel Moore, presented a petition to the circuit court'.of the District of Columbia, for the county of Washington, stating, that under contracts duly and legally made by them with the late William T- Barry, then postmaster general of. the .United States,…
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IN error to the circuit court of the United States in the District of Columbia, for' the- county of Washington. ' .On the twenty-sixth'day of May, 1837, William.' B, Stokes, Rich-, ard C. Stockton, Lucius W, Stockton, and Daniel Moore, presented a petition to the circuit court'.of the District of Columbia, for the county of Washington, stating, that under contracts duly and legally made by them with the late William T- Barry, then postmaster general of. the .United States, a'nd duly authorized by law, they, were .entitled to certain credits and.allowances on.'their contracts for the'…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
This casé comes up on, a writ of error from the circuit court- of the United States for the, District Of Columbia, sitting for the county of Washington.- ■..This case was brought before the court below by petition, setting out certain, contracts made between the relators and the late postmasteygeneral, upon which they claimed certain credits and allowances Upon their contracts for the transportation of the mail.. That credits and allowances were duly’made by the late postmaster general. That the present postmaster generé! when he came .into office, re-examined the contracts entered into with…
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