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SCHAUMBURG v. UNITED STATES

103 U.S. 667 (____)

SCHAUMBURG v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George W. Biddle and Mr. Charles Henry Jones for the plaintiff in error.

The Solicitor-General, contra.

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

The judgment in this case is affirmed on the authority of United States v. Eckford, 6 Wall. 484. Claims for credit can be used in suits against persons indebted to the United States to reduce or extinguish the debt, but not as the foundation of a judgment against the government. In the present case the court instructed the jury as matter of law that the plaintiff in error, from July 1, 1836, until March 24...

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