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· 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

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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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