Supreme Court of the United States, 1869

United States v. Burton

United States v. Burton
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 12, 1869 · Nelson
154 U.S. 566; 1869 U.S. LEXIS 1093; 14 S. Ct. 1211 (United States Reports)

United States v. Burton

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Nelson

delivered the opinion of the court.

These are all cases of contracts made by Reeside with the claimants for the purchase of horses, under the same circumstances as stated in the case of United States v. Morgan, ante, 565, and must follow the same result.

The decrees of the Court of Claims in each case must be reversed, and the causes remanded, with directions to dismiss the petitions.

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