McCollum ex rel. McCollum v. United States

The question arises on the defendants’ motion for a new trial in a case wherein judgment was rendered on the Cth day of February, 1893, for $1,447.50 on the stipulation of the parties agreeing to accept the amount allowed by the Secretary of the Interior for a depredation committed by the defendant Indians iu the Territory, now State, of Oregon, October 23, 1855, as provided by section 4, act MarSh 3, 1891 (26 Stat. L., 851, and 1 Supp:E. S., 2d ed., p. 913). By the terms of that section it is provided that all allowed unpaid claims “shall have priority of consideration,” and further, that…