Frémont ex rel. Jackson v. United States
United States Court of Claims
State of the ¿ase. This claim is for the payment of drafts to the amount of $20,000, with interest, drawn by Adam Johnston, sub Indian agent in California, upon the Secretary of the Interior, in favor of J ohn O. Frémont, in payment for beef and flour furnished at the request of Johnston for the subsistence of Indians under his charge, and actually fed to those Indians. The drafts have not been paid. They were presented and protested for non-acceptance.
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State of the ¿ase. This claim is for the payment of drafts to the amount of $20,000, with interest, drawn by Adam Johnston, sub Indian agent in California, upon the Secretary of the Interior, in favor of J ohn O. Frémont, in payment for beef and flour furnished at the request of Johnston for the subsistence of Indians under his charge, and actually fed to those Indians. The drafts have not been paid. They were presented and protested for non-acceptance. The questions to be considered are— 1st. Whether Johnston drew these drafts for the purposes stated; and, 2d. Whether he had authority to…
1Opinion of the CourtCasey, C. J.
This is one of a class of cases that has several times been before this court. They grow out of supplies furnished to the Indians in California shortly after the admission of that State. Their history is as follows: By act of Congress approved 28th September, 1850, (9 Stat. L., 519,) the President was authorized to appoint three Indian agents in California. And by act of 30th September, 1850, (9 Stat. L., 558,) an appropriation of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) was made, “to enable the President to hold treaties with the various Indian tribes in the State of California.” Under the…
2Cited by3 opinions
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