Legal Opinion
United States v. Stewart
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 1, 1941No. 9519PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARRECHT, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit brought in the name of the United States by the United States Attorney for the District of Nevada to recover $978.-50, alleged to have been paid to appellee through mistake of a postal employee. The suit was instituted more than three years after the money passed from the possession of the Post Office department. After a trial upon the merits the District Court dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction.
In January, 1933, Mrs. Ida M. Doan went to the post office at Tonopah, Nevada, where she resided, and made inquiry concerning the opening of a postal…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Farley v. AlbersCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- Leka v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1930
3Cited by3 opinions
- Henry Armstrong, Administrator of the Estate of Ella Armstrong, Deceased v. United States v. Carrie Holmes and Sarah Duhart, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- Henry Armstrong, Administrator of the Estate of Ella Armstrong, Deceased v. United States v. Carrie Holmes and Sarah Duhart, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- Henry Armstrong, Administrator of the Estate of Ella Armstrong, Deceased v. United States v. Carrie Holmes and Sarah Duhart, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960