Smith v. Jackson
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
Congress provided for a district court of the Cañal Zone, the appointment of a judge and the salary attached to the office. (Act of August 24, 1912, c. 390, 37 Stat. 565, § 8.) In due course the salary fixed was definitely appropriated for. It is apparent that some controversy, arose as to whether the Auditor of the Canal Zone had the power to refuse to give effect to the act of Congress fixing and appropriating the salary by withholding such sum as he might think was due from the judge as rent for quarters in property belonging to the United States in the Canal Zone. We say this is to be…
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