· 4/26/1886
United States v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co.
Citations
- 118 U.S. 120
- 6 S. Ct. 1006
- 30 L. Ed. 81
- 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1911
How courts have described this case
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- no statute of limitations applied when the Government held bonds in trust for public use
- the United States cannot “maintain an action upon [a contract] if at that time all right of action of [the assignor] was extinguished, or was barred by the Statute of Limitations”
- no statute of limitations applied when the Government held bonds in trust for public use
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