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McCluny v. Silliman

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 12, 1830PublishedCited by 114 opinions

ERROR to the circuit court of Ohio. In the circuit court of Ohio; the plaintiff in error instituted a suit on the 15th of December 1823, against the defendant, who was register of the United States land office at Zanesville, to recover damages for having, as register, refused to enter an application in the books of his office; for certain lands in his district; the entry having been required to be made according to the provisions of the tenth section of the act of congress,…

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ERROR to the circuit court of Ohio. In the circuit court of Ohio; the plaintiff in error instituted a suit on the 15th of December 1823, against the defendant, who was register of the United States land office at Zanesville, to recover damages for having, as register, refused to enter an application in the books of his office; for certain lands in his district; the entry having been required to be made according to the provisions of the tenth section of the act of congress, passed the 18th pf May 1796, entitled “an act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States, in the territory…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice M’Lean

This suit was brought by the plaintiff against the defend*•ant, as register of the. United States land office at Zanesville, in theudistrict of Ohio. The declaration charges, that on the 2d of August, in the year 1810, the plaintiff produced to the'defendant, in his office of register,, the receipts of the receiver of public moneys at that.office, as follows, viz. one number three thousand two hundred and fifty-five, and another number three thousand two, hundred and fifty-six, amounting together to the sum of one hundred and ninety dollars eighty-nine cents of moneys paid by the plaintiff to…

2Cited by114 opinions

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