Indiana Supreme Court November 15, 1863 (McKernan v. Mayhew)

Perkins, J.

The record makes the following case:

John Cain, Esq., of Indianapolis, was in debt. His son, Andrew Jackson Cam desired to relieve bis father of his indebtedness; and, being possessed of some claims upon the *293Government, growing out of the Indian wars in Oregon and Washington Territories, he did, on the 30th of March, 1857, deposit with James H.