United States Ex Rel. MacKey v. Coxe
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by writ of error, from the circuit court of the United States' for the District of Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
This is a writ of error to the circuit court for the District of Columbia.
The action was • brought against the defendant as surety in the administration bond of Austin J. Raines, administrator of Samuel Mackey, late of the Cherokee nation.
Raines received from James Mackey, Joseph Talley, and Preston T. Mackey, as administrators of Samuel Mackey, deceased, a power of. attorney for them and in their names to petition the congress of the United States to settle and release the claim of the United States against the said Samuel Mackey, deceased, as principal, and John Drenner, Lewis Evans, and…
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