Supreme Court of the United States March 6, 1899, Nos. 168 and 176 (Allen v. Smith)

Mr. Justice Brown,

after making the above statement, delivered the opinion, of the court.

This case involves the question whether, under the act of Congress and the will of Bichard H, Allen, the bounty 6f eight tenths of one per cent per pound, granted by Congress to the “ producer ” of sugar', was payable to his widow or to his heirs at law.