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REESIDE v. WALKER

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52 U.S. 272 (1851)

11 How. 272

13 L.Ed. 693

MARY REESIDE, EXECUTRIX OF JAMES REESIDE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ROBERT J. WALKER, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 25, 1851.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Goodrich, for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Crittenden (Attorney-General), for the defendant in error.

Mr. Goodrich, for the plaintiff in error, made the following points.

Mr. Justice WOODBURY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a writ of error, brought to reverse a judgment in the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, dismissing a petition for a writ of mandamus.

The mandamus was asked for by the plaintiff, as executrix of James Reeside, to direct the defendant, as Secretary of the United States Treasury, to enter on the books of the Treasury Department to the credit...

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