Coudert v. United States, 175 U.S. 178 (1899)

Name: Coudert v. United States, 175 U.S. 178 (1899) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

Coudert v. United States

No. 15

Argued October 10, 1899
Decided November 20, 1899
175 U.S. 178

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF

APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

Syllabus

Money derived from the sale of a vessel captured in 1863 as a blockade runner, which, pending proceedings in court for condemnation and forfeiture, was deposited by the marshal to await the further order of the court in a national bank which was a special or designated depositary of public moneys, and which deposit was in part lost by reason of the failure of the bank, is not public money of the United States which may be recovered from it under the Act of March 3, 1887, c. 359, 24 Stat. 505, generally known as the Tucker Act.

The statement of the case will be found in the opinion.

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