SHERMAN v. GRINNELL

No. 245.

144 U.S. 198 (1892)

SHERMAN v. GRINNELL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 4, 1892.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Roger M. Sherman in person submitted for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Treadwell Cleveland (with whom was Mr. Henry W. Hardon on the brief) for defendants in error.


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

There was no Federal question involved in the decision of the City Court that the defendant was estopped from showing that the moneys in question were paid out of the United States Treasury under a mistake of fact; that the Secretary had vacated the award; or that no valid agency existed by force of the statutes of the United States to collect and pay over these moneys.

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