# Henderson v. United States

> United States Court of Claims · December 15, 1868 · 4 Ct. Cl. 75

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6589875

## Case

- **Full name:** Robert J. Henderson v. United States
- **Court:** United States Court of Claims
- **Decided:** December 15, 1868
- **Citations:** 4 Ct. Cl. 75
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Losing
- **Judges:** Casey, Losing, Nott
- **Cited by:** 10 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6589875

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating “there is no reason why the rule should be relaxed in relation to public officers”

## Opinion text

Losing-, J.,
concurring:
I concur in tbe opinion that the defendants are entitled to judgment.
I think tbe case is governed by tbe statute July 4, 1864, and that tbe contract, not being in compliance with that act, is void.

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