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TILLSON v. UNITED STATES

100 U.S. 43 (____)

TILLSON v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Matt. H. Carpenter and Mr. Benjamin F. Grafton for the appellants.

The Solicitor-General, contra.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

We have no doubt it was the wish of those who procured the passage of the special statute under which the Court of Claims took jurisdiction of this suit, to obtain from Congress authority for that court to give a judgment against the United States at least for interest, in case it should be found that payments on the contracts held by the claimants had been unreasonably delayed. But if Congress had desired...

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