Campbell v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: Tbe essential facts will be found in tbe opinion of tbe court:
1Opinion of the Court
Nott, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
Tbis suit is a congressional case for quartermaster stores and commissary supplies taken by military authority for tbe use of the Army in 1862, near Bowling Green, Ky. Tbe peculiarity of the case is that it is brought by tbe purchaser of tbe claim in bankruptcy proceedings, and be, and not tbe owner of tbe property, appears as tbe only party in interest.
Three things concerning tbe assignment of claims against tbe Government may be regarded as well settled:(1) That such claims as are cboses in action upon which a suit can be maintained as a matter of…
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