Boyd v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The'Reporters’ statement of tbe case: Tbe following are tbe facts of tbis case as found by tbe court: I. October 1,1890, Sempronius H. Boyd was commissioned as minister resident and consul-general of tbe United States for Siam. Boyd assumed tbe dual office and performed bis official duties until February 11, 1893; bis salary was paid bim until July, 1892. II.
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On the Proofs. The'Reporters’ statement of tbe case: Tbe following are tbe facts of tbis case as found by tbe court: I. October 1,1890, Sempronius H. Boyd was commissioned as minister resident and consul-general of tbe United States for Siam. Boyd assumed tbe dual office and performed bis official duties until February 11, 1893; bis salary was paid bim until July, 1892. II. July 12, 1892, Boyd, being, as be was advised and believed, hopelessly ill, obtained a leave of absence with permission to visit tbe United States. August 27,1892, be arrived at bis home in Missouri. His leave of absence…
1Opinion of the Court
Davis, J.,
delivered the oinnion of the court:
While Sempronius IL Boyd held the dual office of minister and consul-general in Siam lie fell seriously ill, and, obtaining the proper leave of absence, ho returned to the United States, where he remained until his death, which occurred June 22, 1894. His statutory leave of absence with pay ceased October 26,1892, after which date he had no claim to salary.
Before leaving Bangkok, he asked Eaton (a plaintiff herein), then a missionary in Siam, to take charge of the consulate and its archives. Boyd wrote the minister of foreign affairs of Siam…
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