UNITED STATES v. BORCHERLING

No. 150.

185 U.S. 223 (1902)

UNITED STATES v. BORCHERLING.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 14, 1902.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Button for the United States. Mr. Assistant Attorney General Pradt was on his brief.

Mr. Cortlandt Parker and Mr. Frank W. Hackett for Borcherling.


MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS delivered the opinion of the court.

The facts and law of this case were so fully and satisfactorily discussed in the court below that its opinion might well be adopted as that of this court. 35 C. Cl. 311.

We shall, however, briefly examine some of the propositions urged in the brief of the Government filed in the case.

The first and principal contention is that the United States is a sovereignty...

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