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UNITED STATES v. MATTHEWS

No. 79.

173 U.S. 381 (1899)

UNITED STATES v. MATTHEWS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 6, 1899.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Pradt for appellants. Mr. John G. Capers was on his brief.

Mr. Richard R. McMahon and Mr. George A. King for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The court below held that the plaintiffs were entitled to recover the sum by them claimed, 32 C. Cl. 123, and the United States prosecutes this appeal. The origin of the controversy and the facts upon which the legal conclusion of the court was rested are these: The two plaintiffs were, one a regular and the other a specially appointed deputy marshal. They claimed five hundred dollars, the sum of a reward offered...

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