Howell v. United States

Milligan, J.,

delivered tlie opinion of the court:

The petition in this case is filed under the Act May 9th, 1806, (14 Stat. L., p. 44,) authorizing this court, in proper cases, to enter a decree in favor of disbursing officers who may be claimants, directing- the accounting- officers of the Treasury to allow to such officer the amount so decreed as a credit in the settlement of his accounts.

The facts on which the case rests are few and plain.

The claimant was a captain in the Corps of Fmgineers, and a major by brevet in the Army of the United States, and as such officer he had charge of the…