Pam-To-Pee v. United States

Citations

• 187 U.S. 371
• 23 S. Ct. 142
• 47 L. Ed. 221
• 1902 U.S. LEXIS 777

Syllabus

<p>Where Congress has passed an act giving the Court of Claims jurisdiction over the claims of certain Indians against the United States, and in an action brought under such act a fund lias been created and the mode of distribution has been prescribed by the court which established the amount of the fund, and such method has been approved by this court, its disposition in accordance with the course prescribed by the courts must be held a finality. Where the circumstances are as in the case at bar any further relief must be obtained from. Congress and cannot be given by the courts.</p> <p>The jurisdiction of the Court of Claims, as of other courts, extends beyond the mere entry of a judgment to an inquiry whether the judgment has been properly executed.</p>