Miller v. United States
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Action under the Tucker act, tried ky the court without a jury. The following are the findings of fact: I. Claimant, a citizen of fhe United States, was, on May 19, 1891, appointed an assistant inspector of steam vessels for the. district of New York, under section 4414, Rev. St. U. S., with compensation at the rate of $2,000 per annum.
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Action under the Tucker act, tried ky the court without a jury. The following are the findings of fact: I. Claimant, a citizen of fhe United States, was, on May 19, 1891, appointed an assistant inspector of steam vessels for the. district of New York, under section 4414, Rev. St. U. S., with compensation at the rate of $2,000 per annum. He took and forwarded the oath required by law. and while holding such office of assistant inspector of steam vessels he was appointed special inspector of foreign steam vessels. Said appointment reads as follows:. II. “Division of Appointment». “Treasury…
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
I concur in the of the dissentients of the court of claims in Glavey v. U. S., 35 Ct. Cl. 242. The statute under which the appointment was made (22 Stat. 346) reads as follows;
“Sec. 2. That for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act the secretary of the treasury shall appoint officers to be designated as special inspectors of foreign steam-vessels, at a salary of two thousand dollars per annum each, and there shall be appointed of such officers at the port of New York, six; at the port of Boston, two; at the port of Baltimore, two; at the port of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Glavey v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1900
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