Opinion

Crussell v. United States

  • 7 Ct. Cl. 276
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Dec 15, 1871
Status
Published
Author
Davis
On the bench
Chase, Davis, Milleb, Swayne, That
Cited by
3 cases

The opinion

Mr. Justice Davis

dissenting: In my opinion, the burden of proof in this case is on the claimant to show that the money which he seeks to obtain under the captured and abandoned property act has been jjaid into the Treasury. The court, in its opinion, throws the burden of proof on this point on the United States, and on that account I am constrained to dissent from the judgment in the case.

I am authorized to say that Mr. Justice Swayne and Mr. Justice Milleb concur in this dissent.

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