Wingard v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL EROM THE COURT OE CLAIMS. This appeal brought up for review a judgment by the Court of Claims sustaining a demurrer to a petition filed by the appellant, in which he claimed as due him from the United States for salary as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Washington the sum-of $1964.55, from December 11, 1885, to August 5, 1886, inclusive, and $1543.03, from August 24,1886, to February 27,1887, inclusive; in all, $3507.58. The petition showed…
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APPEAL EROM THE COURT OE CLAIMS. This appeal brought up for review a judgment by the Court of Claims sustaining a demurrer to a petition filed by the appellant, in which he claimed as due him from the United States for salary as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Washington the sum-of $1964.55, from December 11, 1885, to August 5, 1886, inclusive, and $1543.03, from August 24,1886, to February 27,1887, inclusive; in all, $3507.58. The petition showed that on the 27th day of February, 1883, appellant was duly appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
Substantially the same questions are presented in this case that have been determined in McAllister v. United States, ante, 174, just decided. Upon the authority of that case, and for the Reasons stated in the opinion, the judgment is
Affirmed.
Mi*. Justice Field, wither it??- anovyredA. ° jsjtce Gray. and Mr. Justice Brown, dissenting.
■ I dissent from, the judgment of the court in this case, on the grounds stated in my dissenting opinion in McAllister v. United States.
I may also add to those grounds the fact that, by the laws of-the United States applicable to all the Territories, it is…
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