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COOKE ET AL. v. UNITED STATES

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91 U.S. 389 (1875)

23 L.Ed. 237

COOKE, ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

November 29, 1875.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.E. Burrell and Mr. R.L. Ashhurst for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Attorney-General Pierrepont and Mr. Solicitor-General Phillips for the defendants in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The United States sued Jay Cooke & Co., in this action, to recover back money paid them by the assistant-treasurer in New York for the purchase or redemption before maturity, under the the act of Aug. 12, 1866 (14 Stat. 31), of what purported to be eighteen 7-30 treasury notes, issued under the authority of the act of March 3, 1865 (13 Stat. 468), but which it...

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