Nutt v. Knut
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. This suit was brought in the Chancery Court of. Adams County, Mississippi, the plaintiff being S. Prentiss Knut, defendant in error, and the defendants being the administrator, heirs and devisees of Haller Nutt, deceased.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. This suit was brought in the Chancery Court of. Adams County, Mississippi, the plaintiff being S. Prentiss Knut, defendant in error, and the defendants being the administrator, heirs and devisees of Haller Nutt, deceased. It,was based upon a written contract between the late James' W. Denver and the (then) executrix of Haller Nutt, deceased, as follows: “That the party of the first part (Denver) agrees to take exclusive charge and control of a certain claim which the party of the second part (executrix of Nutt’s estate) holds against the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hablan
The first question is one of the jurisdiction of this court. The present plaintiffs in error based their defense in' part upon section '3477 of the Revised Statutes, 1 which declares absolutely . null and void certain transfers and'assignments of claims against the United States. They insisted that the contract sued on was in violation of that statute; and that they and the estate of Nutt were protected by its provisions against any judgment whatever in favor of the plaintiff.' In every substantial sense, therefore, they asserted a right and immunity under a statute of the United States, and…
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