ALLEN v. SMITH

Nos. 168, 176.

173 U.S. 389 (1899)

ALLEN v. SMITH. SMITH v. ALLEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 6, 1899.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.F. Pierson for Mrs. Allen. Mr. Charlton R. Beattie and Mr. Taylor Beattie filed a brief for same.

Mr. Albert P. Fenner for Aucoin. Mr. Charles E. Fenner, Mr. Samuel Henderson, Jr., and Mr. Charles Payne Fenner were on the brief.

Mr. Henry Chiapella for Turner and Smith. Mr. L.F. Suthon filed a brief for Smith's heirs.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after making the above statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

This case involves the question whether, under the act of Congress and the will of Richard H. Allen, the bounty of eight tenths of one per cent per pound, granted by Congress to the "producer" of sugar, was payable to his widow or to his heirs at law.

In the course of the litigation in the state courts a large number of questions were raised and decided which are not pertinent...

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