UNITED STATES v. DAVIS

No. 1033.

132 U.S. 334 (1889)

UNITED STATES v. DAVIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 9, 1889.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Cotton for appellants.

Mr. Charles C. Lancaster for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE LAMAR delivered the opinion of the court.

On the 2d day of December, 1887, the appellee, Tyler Davis, brought suit against the United States in the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, under the act of March 3, 1887, 24 Stat. 505, giving to the District Courts of the United States concurrent jurisdiction with the Court of Claims in suits against the United States where the amount in dispute does not exceed $1000, (with a few...

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