United States v. Laub
Supreme Court of the United States
IN er,ror from tíre circuit court of the United Sitates- of the, District of Columbia; in the county of. Washington. The United States instituted two actions of assumpsit against the defendant, to recover the balances stated to be .due to the United States, on transcripts regularly certified by íhé.treasury department.
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IN er,ror from tíre circuit court of the United Sitates- of the, District of Columbia; in the county of. Washington. The United States instituted two actions of assumpsit against the defendant, to recover the balances stated to be .due to the United States, on transcripts regularly certified by íhé.treasury department. The first account was 'with the defendant, as “ agent for paying the. contingent expenses of the office of the secretary of the treasury;” and charges a b.alance due to the United States, and those warrants drawn by the secretary of the treasury in favour of the defendant,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ihompson
This case comes up on a writ of error from the circuit court of the District-of Columbia for the county of Washington.
The aption is founded upon abalance certified at the treasury against the defendant for eleven thousand eight hundred and fifty-five dollars and eighty-six cents. A verdict was found by the ..jury for the defendant; and upon the trial several bills of exception were taken to the instructions given by the court.
The main question in the case related to certain credits, which the defendant claimed to have allowed to him; and which had been rejected by the accounting officers of…
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