In Re Sanborn

A claim of John B. Sanborn, presented in the Department - of the Interior, for certain fees under a contract with Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians, of ten per cent of the amount appropriated for said Indians by section 27 of the Indian Appropriation Act of March 3,1891, 26 Stat. 989, c. 543, was referred by the Secretary of that Department, with the consent of the claimant, to the Court of Claims, in pursuance of § 12 of the act of March 3, 1887,.24 Stat. 505, c. 359; 1 Sup. Hev. Stat. 2d ed. 561. That court having concluded that Sanborn was not entitled to recover, and having reported its…