Sherman v. Grinnell

144 U.S. 198

12 S.Ct. 574

36 L.Ed. 403

SHERMAN

v.

GRINNELL et al.

April 4, 1892.

STATEMENT BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER.

This was an action brought by the executors of the estate of Moses H. Grinnell, deceased, formerly collector of the port of New York, in the city court of New York, against Roger M. Sherman, to recover the sum of $1,778.95 collected from the United States for plaintiffs' testator by defendant as his attorney.

An award by the secretary of the treasury in favor of Mr. Grinnell for the sum in question, made May 2, 1885, was offered in evidence on the trial, to which the defendant…