Pacific Railroad v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. On May 2, 1888, the “Pacific Railroad,” a corporation of the State of Missouri, filed in the Court of Claims a petition seeking to recover interest on certain judgments it had previously obtained against the United States. There was a traverse denying the allegations of the petition. Evidence was adduced and the cause submitted to the court.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. On May 2, 1888, the “Pacific Railroad,” a corporation of the State of Missouri, filed in the Court of Claims a petition seeking to recover interest on certain judgments it had previously obtained against the United States. There was a traverse denying the allegations of the petition. Evidence was adduced and the cause submitted to the court. There were the following' findings of facts and conclusions of law: “ I. On the 28th of April, 1885, the claimant recovered judgment against the defendants in the Court of Claims for the sum of $44,800.74. “ On the 29th of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
As taking them out of the general rule excluding creditors of the government from recovering interest, the claimants point to section 1090 of the Revised Statutes, which reads as follows: “Incases where the judgment appealed from is in favor of the claimant, and the same is affirmed by the .Supreme Court, interest thereon at the rate of five per centum shall be allowed from the date of its presentation to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment as aforesaid, but no interest shall be allowed subsequent to the affirmance unless presented for payment to the Secretary of the Treasury as…
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