UNITED STATES v. THOMAN

No. 125.

156 U.S. 353 (1895)

UNITED STATES ex rel. SIEGEL v. THOMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 1895.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.R. Beckwith and Mr. Henry L. Lazarus for plaintiff in error.

Mr. E.A. O'Sullivan for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The right which the relator asserts rests upon the premise that the third section of the act of 1877 contractually dedicated the surplus fund of any year to the payment of creditors holding claims for years subsequent to 1877, which claims were made by law payable out of the revenues for such subsequent years. From this is deduced the conclusion...

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