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UNITED STATES v. LANE

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75 U.S. 185 (1869)

8 Wall. 185

19 L.Ed. 445

UNITED STATES, v. LANE.

Supreme Court of United States.

November 29, 1869.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Dickey, Assistant Attorney-General. (having set forth all the statutes, treasury regulations, &c., bearing on the case, as already given by the reporter, who is indebted for them to Mr. Dickey's brief), for the appellant; Mr. Hoar, Attorney-General, maintaining the same side:

Mr. T.J.D. Fuller, contra:

Mr. Justice DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court.

In the view we take of this case it is unnecessary to discuss the question — conceding the contract to be lawful — whether the action of the naval authorities could be a ground of claim for damages for a breach of this contract against the United States, because, in our opinion, the contract was unauthorized, and had...

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