Case ID: us-ct-cl_26/html/0622-01.html
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Author: {"author": "Mr. Justice Brewer", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

FREDERICK D. CONNOR v. THE UNITED STATES.
    [Not reported in C. Cls. R.; 138 U. S. R., 61.]
    This is a claim for informer’s share of penalty for a violation of the Internal Revenue Laws under the Act July 13, 1866 (14 Stat. L., 145). The court helow entered j udgment for the claimant under the authority of Ramsay v. The United, States (21 C. Cls. R., 443).
    The decision of the court below is reversed on the ground that the claimant had no vested right under the Act 1866, which was repealed by the Act June 6, 1872 (17 Stat. L., 266), inasmuch as the amount was not fixed by judgment or compromise.
   Mr. Justice Brewer

delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court January 19, 1891.