UNITED STATES v. WATERS

No. 95.

133 U.S. 208 (1890)

UNITED STATES v. WATERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 27, 1890.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Attorney General and Mr. B. Wilson for appellants.

Mr. Charles C. Lancaster for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE LAMAR delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action brought in the Court of Claims on the 18th of February, 1885, by a district attorney of the United States to recover a balance of $320, alleged to be due him for services performed under section 824 of the Revised Statutes, and withheld from him by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, under instructions from the Attorney General.

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