McLEAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 33.

226 U.S. 374 (1912)

McLEAN, WIDOW OF NATHANIEL H. McLEAN, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 23, 1912.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Archibald King for appellant.

Mr. William W. Scott, with whom Mr. Assistant Attorney General John Q. Thompson was on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

The question in the case is the extent of relief to which appellant is entitled under the following act of Congress, passed February 24, 1905:

"That the proper accounting officers be, and they are hereby directed to settle and adjust to Sarah K. McLean, widow of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Nathaniel H. McLean, all back...

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