District of Columbia v. Hutton
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The court stated the case as follows: ■ This was an, action by Harry S. Hutton against the District, of Columbia to recover the'sum of $182.50, with interest, al-’ leged to be due him for salary as a member of the-metropolitan police force of the District, from June 6, 1890, to August 20, of the same year.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The court stated the case as follows: ■ This was an, action by Harry S. Hutton against the District, of Columbia to recover the'sum of $182.50, with interest, al-’ leged to be due him for salary as a member of the-metropolitan police force of the District, from June 6, 1890, to August 20, of the same year. The defendant filed a special plea in- bar admitting plain-' tiffs appointment on the' police force at' the salary specified, in the declaration, and also his faithful performance of the duties required of him, in that position, for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamab
The question of the repealing effect of the act of 1878 was before us in Eckloff v. District of Columbia, 135 U. S. 240. In that case the question was, whether that statute had repealed § 355 of the Devised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia, which provided that no person should be removed from the police force except upon written charges preferred against him to the board of police, and .after an opportunity should have been afforded him of being heard in his defence. The court decided that the repeal had been effected, and that the District commissioners, under the power…
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