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LAY v. LAY

No. 633.

248 U.S. 24 (1918)

39 S.Ct. 13

63 L.Ed. 103

LAY ET AL. v. LAY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted November 4, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wm. H. Watkins, for defendants in error, submitted the motion.

Mr. John C. Bryson, for plaintiffs in error, in opposition to the motion. Mr. Wm. I. McKay was also on the brief.

Memorandum for the court by THE CHIEF JUSTICE.

The right to a fund resulting from the payment of an appropriation by Congress to satisfy a judgment for the value of property taken during the Civil War is the issue here involved. The contestants are the heirs at law of the original claimant and persons holding under an assignment by her of all her right to the claim or fund. The court enforced the assignment.

Under the assumption that the claimant was prohibited...

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