Gratiot v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
•- IN error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Missouri. An action was instituted in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Missouri, by the United States against Charles Gratiot, late Ch* f Engineer, to recover a sum of money alleged to have been received by him, “ as Chief Engineer,” to the use of the United States.
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•- IN error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Missouri. An action was instituted in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Missouri, by the United States against Charles Gratiot, late Ch* f Engineer, to recover a sum of money alleged to have been received by him, “ as Chief Engineer,” to the use of the United States. The defendant pleaded no.h assumpsit, and a set-off; and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for thirty-one thousand and fifty-six dollars and ninety-three cents, under the charge of the Court. The defendant tendered four…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This is the case of a writ of error to the Circuit Court' of the District of Missouri. The original action was assumpsit, brought by the United States against General Gratiot, the plaintiff in err,or; as Chief Engineer, for fifty thousand dollars alleged in the declaration to be money had and received by him as Chief Engineer, to the use of the United States. At the trial, the controversy turned mainly as to the merits of three items of set-off, or credit, which were claimed by the defendant in the reduction or extinguishment of the supposed debt due to .the United States.
These items were as…
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