Edmonston v. United States
This text of 181 U.S. 500 (Edmonston v. United States) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering United States Court of Claims primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The judgment of the court below is reversed upon the ground taken in the dissenting opinion in Healey’s case (29 C. Cls. R., 115), “That where a matter is closed voluntarily without fraud or mistake it must stay closed.” The Supreme Court now holds that “The transaction ivas purely voluntary on the claimant’s part, and while there was a mistake it was mutual and one of law — -a mistake on his part not induced by any attempt to deceive or misrepresentation by the Govern-, ment officials. It is a case of voluntary payment. ”
delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court May 13, 1901.
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