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LEWIS v. BELL

58 U.S. 616 (1854)

17 How. 616

MARY LEWIS, ADMINISTRATRIX OF STEPHEN J. LEWIS, DECEASED, APPELLANT, v. EDWARD R. BELL, ASSIGNEE OF I. BELL, JUNIOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Chilton and Mr. Lawrence, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Bradley, for the defendant.

Mr. Justice GRIER delivered the opinion of the court.

The subject-matter in dispute in this case is a sum of money in the hands of the secretary of the treasury, which had been awarded to the appellant by the commissioner appointed under the act of congress to adjust claims under the treaty between the United States and Brazil. Stephen J. Lewis, deceased, is admitted to have been the original owner of the claim. He was owner of one fifth of the brig Caspian, which...

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