De Groot v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
There were three transactions, so to speak, that preceded the award which formed the basis of the appellant’s action: 1. Congress passed the Joint Resolution 3cZ March, 1857, (10 Stat. L., p. 256:) “ That the Secretary of the Treasury shall settle and adjust with all the parties respectively interested therein, on principles of justice and equity, all damages, losses, or liabilities incurred or sustained by said parties, respectively, on account of their contract for…
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There were three transactions, so to speak, that preceded the award which formed the basis of the appellant’s action: 1. Congress passed the Joint Resolution 3cZ March, 1857, (10 Stat. L., p. 256:) “ That the Secretary of the Treasury shall settle and adjust with all the parties respectively interested therein, on principles of justice and equity, all damages, losses, or liabilities incurred or sustained by said parties, respectively, on account of their contract for manufacturing brick for the Washington Aqueduct; and he is hereby directed to pay the amount found due by such settlement and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
This is the first appeal from. the Court of Claims which we have been called upon to consider since the rules framed by this court regulating such appeals, and the inconsistency between the record presented and the requirements of those rules calls for some observations in this place.
This case, having been decided before they were published, comes under the provisions of the second rule. That rule requires, in addition to the pleadings of the parties and the orders of the court, a specification of the matters alleged for error to be certified by the court, if presented to it correctly by *5the…
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