...Revised Statutes of the United States, reenacting the provision of earlier statutes, it is provided that all transfers and assignments made of any claim upon the United States shall be absolutely null and void unless executed in the presence of at least two witnesses after the...

...any prior oral agreement with defendants. By § 3477 of the US Rev. Statutes, it is provided that " all transfers and assignments made of any claim upon...share thereof, shall be absolutely null and void, unlesss they are freely made and executed in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses, after...

...themselves, and then attempted to assign a bare right of action to this plaintiff. By section 3477, all transfers and assignments made of any claim upon...therein, whether absolute or conditional, and whatever might be the consideration therefor, and all powers of attorney, orders, or other authorities for receiving...

...thereof, or interest therein, whether absolute or conditional, and whatever may be theconsideratiou therefor, and all powers of attorney, orders, or other...void, unless they are freely made and executed in the prcsenee of at least two attesting witnesses, after the allowance of such a claim, the ascertainment...

...interpretation to ascertain the legislative intent. Section 3477 of the Revised Statutes contains the following: All transfers and assignments made of any claim upon...whether absolute or conditional, and whatever may be thecousideratiou therefor, and all powers of attorney, orders, or other author!ti«-s for receiving...

...interpretation to ascertain the legislative intent. Section 3477 of the Revised Statutes contains the following: All transfers and assignments made of any claim upon...part or share thereof, or interest therein, whether absolu te or conditional, and whatever may be theconsideration therefor, and all powers of attorney,...

...verbal and, therefore, clearly within the inhibition of section 2106. 7. Section 3477 renders void all transfers and assignments made of any claim upon...of any part or share thereof or interest therein, unless executed in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses after the allowance of such claim,...

...Revised Statutes of the United States, to which reference has been made. That section is as follows : " All transfers and assignments made of any claim upon...whether absolute or conditional, and whatever may lie the consideration therefor, and all powers of attorney, orders or other authorities for receiving...

...his notice. US г1. Gillis, 95 US 407. It embraces alike legal and equitable assignments. It includes powers of attorney, orders, or other authorities for receiving payment of any such claim, or any part or share thereof. It strikes at evcrv derivative interest, in whatever form acquired, and...

...c. 81, § 1, "All transfers and assignments hereafter made of any claim upon the United States, or any part or share thereof, or interest therein, whether...thereof, shall be absolutely null and void, unless the same shall be freely made and executed in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses, after...