United States v. Fillebrown
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the circuit court of the United States for the district of. Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington.
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IN error to the circuit court of the United States for the district of. Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington. The United States, on the 23d day of May 1829, instituted a suit in the circuit court of the district of Columbia, for the recovery of the sum of two thousand 'and .seven dollars and eighty-four cents, to which amount the declaration alleged the defendant, in error, Thomas Fillebrown, Jun., to be indebted to the United States, “ for sundry matters and articles properly chargeable in account, as stated in a particular account, &c.” The declaration also contained the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
This case comes before tfye court on a writ of error to the circuit court of the district' of. Columbia. The action was brought-to recover a balance certified at the tr -asury against the defendant, on the settlement of his accounts as secretary of the commissioners of the navy hospital fund. . Upon this settlement, the defendant set up a claim for compensation, for what he considered extra services, in bringing up and arranging the records of the board antecedent to. his appointment as secretary, and also for commissions on the disbursements of moneys under the orders of the board. These…
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