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BALL v. HALSELL

No. 471.

161 U.S. 72 (1896)

16 S.Ct. 554

40 L.Ed. 622

BALL, v. HALSELL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John J. Weed for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Henry C. Coke for defendant in error. (The defendant in error, Mrs. Julia F. Halsell, was on his brief.)

MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

In determining the construction and effect of the contract sued on, it is important to keep in mind the acts of Congress and the decisions of this court bearing upon the subject.

In Kendall v. United States, 7 Wall. 113, certain attorneys in 1843 (before Congress had passed any act regulating assignments of claims against the United States) made an agreement with the...

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