Fraser v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter’s statement of tbe case: Tile following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. On the 24th day of June, 1878, the claimant was employed by the Secretary of the Treasury to superintend the erection of a building for the use of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in the city of Washington, D. C., at a stipulated compensation of $8 per day. He continued in that employment until after May 22,1879. II.
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The Reporter’s statement of tbe case: Tile following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. On the 24th day of June, 1878, the claimant was employed by the Secretary of the Treasury to superintend the erection of a building for the use of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in the city of Washington, D. C., at a stipulated compensation of $8 per day. He continued in that employment until after May 22,1879. II. On the 9th. of August, 1876, the Secretary of the Treasury appointed Mr. J. G-. Hill to the office of Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department. Thereupon Mr. Hill…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardsoN, J.
The claimant sues for the salary of Supervising Architect in the Treasury Department for a period of five months and *513sixteen days from December 6, 1878, to May 22, 1879, at tbe rate of $5,000 a j^ear.
Tbe Supervising Architect is an officer whose appointment by tbe Secretary of the Treasury and whose salary are provided for by the Revised Statutes, §§ 169, 235.
If the claimant held the office during the time he alleges in his petition, he is prima facie entitled to the salary established by law; and it becomes necessary to determine whether or not he did hold the office.
Mr. Hill was regularly…
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