Fendall v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: This case was previously tried, both parties relying, without explanation of the record, on the former verdict. The court held that nothing could be determined from a mere inspection of the record, and remanded the case for evidence aliunde (12 C. Cls.
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The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: This case was previously tried, both parties relying, without explanation of the record, on the former verdict. The court held that nothing could be determined from a mere inspection of the record, and remanded the case for evidence aliunde (12 C. Cls. R., 305). On the present hearing, such evidence was offered and the following facts substantiated: I. On the 20th of April, 1806, Peter Lammond was appointed a temporary clerk of the first class in the office of the Third Auditor- of the Treasury, and was removed on the 20th of April, 1869. During that…
1Opinion of the Court
Nott, J.,
delivered tlie opinion of tlie court:
From August 21, 1806, when be was appointed, to April 20, 1869, wlien be was removed, tlie claimant’s intestate, Peter Lammond, was a cleric of tbe first class in tbe Treasury Department, at a salary of $1,200 a year. At tbe time of bis removal tliere remained due to him a balance of bis salary, amounting in fact to $390.07, thoiigh tbe petitioner alleges it to have been only $345.76. But Mr. Lammond bad jueviously been a disbursing clerk in tbe Interior Department, andón tbe 26th February, 1869, á suit bad been brought against him and bis…
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