UNITED STATES v. VOORHEES

No. 282.

135 U.S. 550 (1890)

UNITED STATES v. VOORHEES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 19, 1890.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. John L. Webster for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE LAMAR delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action at law brought in the court below by the United States against Luke Voorhees, to recover the sum of $14,342.52, alleged to have been illegally paid him for carrying the mails.

The amended petition, filed on the 13th of July, 1886, alleged substantially as follows: In the year 1878, a contract was entered into between the Postmaster General and the defendant, by the terms of which the...

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