EYSTER v. CENTENNIAL BOARD OF FINANCE


94 U.S. 500 (1876)

EYSTER v. CENTENNIAL BOARD OF FINANCE.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Smith and Mr. William M. Springer for the appellant.

Mr. William Henry Rawle and Mr. Robert N. Wilson, contra.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This case presents the single question whether, in the distribution of the moneys remaining in the treasury of the Centennial Board of Finance at the close of the affairs of that corporation, as provided for in sect. 10 of the act of June 1, 1872, the appropriation of $1,500,000 made by Congress in the act of Feb. 16, 1876, must be paid into the treasury of the United States before any division of assets...

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