Reeside v. Walker
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District óf Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington. James Reeside, in his lifetime, was one of the contractors with the Post-Office' Department for the transportation of the mail, and claimed sundry extra allowances, which were not allowed by the Department.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District óf Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington. James Reeside, in his lifetime, was one of the contractors with the Post-Office' Department for the transportation of the mail, and claimed sundry extra allowances, which were not allowed by the Department. In consequence, thereof, a dispute arose between the parties, and in October, 1839, the United States brought an action in the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Reeside, for the sum of $ 32,709.62,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodbury
This was a writ of -error, brought to reverse a judgment4, in the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, dismissing a petition for a writ of mandamus.
The mandamus was asked for by the plaintiff, as executrix of James Reeside; to direct the defendant, as Secretary of the United States Treasury, to enter on the books of the Treasury Department to the credit of said James the sum of $.188,496.06, and pay the same to the plaintiff as his executrix. The grounds for the petition, as set out therein, were, that the United States had sued Reeside in the Circuit Court of the United States for the…
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