Marvin v. Trout, 199 U.S. 212 (1905) (Nos. 19, 20)

Case name: Marvin v. Trout Opinion filed: 1905-11-13 Docket No.: 19, 20 Citations: • 199 U.S. 212 • 26 S. Ct. 31 • 50 L. Ed. 157 • 1905 U.S. LEXIS 1023 Case holding summaries: • "Statutes providing for actions by a common informer, who himself had no interest whatever in the controversy other than that given by the statute, have been in existence for hundreds of years in England, and in this country ever since the foundation of our Government." • "Statutes providing for actions by a common informer, who himself had no interest in the controversy other than that given by the statute, have been in existence for hundreds of years in England, and in this country since the foundations of the Government." • "Statutes providing for actions by a common informer, who himself had no interest in the controversy other than that given by the statute, have been in existence for hundreds of years in England, and in this country since the foundation of the Government." • relator "ha[s] no interest whatever in the controversy other than that given by statute" • discussing long history of practice • opining that "[s]tatutes providing for actions by a common informer, who himself had no interest whatever in the controversy other than that given by the statute, have been in existence for hundreds of years in England, and in this country ever since the foundation of the Government." • noting that qui tam statutes were “in existence for hundreds of years in England, and in this country ever since the foundation of our government”