Balmer v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The claim in this case for musical instruments, alleged to have been furnished to the military forces of the United States for their use during the late war, was transmitted to the court by the Committee on Claims of the House of Representatives, ■on the 24th May, 1884. The court, upon the evidence, found the following facts: I. In August, 1861, Major-General Frémont commanding the Department of the West, issued at the times of their…
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The claim in this case for musical instruments, alleged to have been furnished to the military forces of the United States for their use during the late war, was transmitted to the court by the Committee on Claims of the House of Representatives, ■on the 24th May, 1884. The court, upon the evidence, found the following facts: I. In August, 1861, Major-General Frémont commanding the Department of the West, issued at the times of their respective dates the following orders: “ Headquarters Western Department, “ St. Louis, August 20, 1861. “ Sir : You are…
1Opinion of the CourtNott, J.
This is a Congressional case transmitted to the court by the Committee on Claims of the House of Representatives.
On the part of the claimant the court is requested to find “That in the course of trade the said firm of Balmer & Weber sold and delivered to proper officers of and for the use of the United States, on the orders of Capt. August Waldauer, music director of the Western Department, given in obedience to command of J. C. Frémont, major-general, commanding, dated August 20, 1861, the musical instruments enumerated in the schedule; that the Government of the United States has had the…
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