Case Name: FRANCIS v. SLACK
Court: United States Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1872-05
Citations: 9 F. Cas. 689
Docket Number: Case No. 5,041
Parties: FRANCIS v. SLACK.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 9
Pages: 689–690

Head Matter:
Case No. 5,041.
FRANCIS v. SLACK.
[4 Cliff. 186; 16 Int. Rey. Rec. 134.]
Circuit Court, D. Massachusetts.
May Term, 1872.
Moorfield Storey, C. TV. Storey, and H. W. Paine, for plaintiff.
P. W. Hurd, Asst. U. S. Atty, for defendant.
[Reported by William Henry Clifford. Esq., I and bore reprinted by permission. 1G Int. Rev. I Rec. 134. contains only a partial reporL.] |

Opinion:
CLIFFORD, Circuit Justice.
The court direct that judgment be entered for the defendant, upon the ground that the claim of the plaintiff is barred by the act of congress on that behalf, as construed by the supreme court in the case of Nichols v. U. S. [7 Wall. (74 U. S.) 122]; and Collector v. Hubbard, 12 Wall. [79 U. S.] 14; Brown v. Sauerwein, 10 Wall. [77 U. S.] 218.