MAHAN v. UNITED STATES


81 U.S. 109 (1871)

14 Wall. 109

MAHAN v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. B.H. Bristow, Solicitor-General, contra.


Mr. Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The view taken by the appellant's counsel of the rules regulating appeals from the Court of Claims, is a total misconception of their spirit if not of their letter. It is not possible to look at the three first rules adopted when the appellate jurisdiction of this court was first exercised, without seeing that the purpose was to bring nothing here for review but questions of law, leaving the Court of Claims to...

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