Supreme Court of the United States March 10, 1884, 187 (Cutler v. Kouns)

Me. Justice' "Woods

delivered the opinion of the court.

The errors assigned are, first, the refusal of the Circuit Court to direct a verdict for the defendant on the ground that the money sued for was lawfully exacted from the defendants in

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error; and, second, its refusal to give a similar direction on the ground that the action was barred. ¥e think both these assignments are well founded.