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DOOLEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 501.

182 U.S. 222 (1901)

21 S.Ct. 762

45 L.Ed. 1074

DOOLEY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 1901.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry M. Ward and Mr. John G. Carlisle for plaintiffs in error. Mr. William Edmond Curtis was on Mr. Ward's brief. Mr. William G. Choate and Mr. Joseph Larocque filed a separate brief for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. Attorney General for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after making the above statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

1. The jurisdiction of the court in this case is attacked by the government upon the ground that the Circuit Court, as a Court of Claims, cannot take cognizance of actions for the recovery of duties illegally exacted.

By an act passed March 3, 1887, to provide for the bringing of suits against the government, known as the Tucker act, 24 Stat. 505, c. 359, the Court of...

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