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88 U.S. 648 (____)

21 Wall. 648

VIGO'S CASE: EX PARTE UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.S. Blair, for the United States (with whom were Mr. G.H. Williams, Attorney-General, and Mr. John Goforth, Assistant Attorney-General).

Mr. William Penn Clarke, contra.

The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the opinion of the court.

The Court of Claims, by the terms of the act under which it is organized, has jurisdiction, among other things, to hear and determine all claims which may be referred to it by either House of Congress.‡ All petitions and bills praying or providing for the satisfaction of private claims founded upon any law of Congress, or upon any contract, expressed or implied, with the government...

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