Dunwoody v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. The court stated the case as follows: March 3, 1879. An act was passed by Congress to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases into the United States, and establishing the National Board of Health, to consist of seven members, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, “ whose compensation, during the time when actually engaged in the performance of their duties under this act, shall be ten…
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. The court stated the case as follows: March 3, 1879. An act was passed by Congress to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases into the United States, and establishing the National Board of Health, to consist of seven members, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, “ whose compensation, during the time when actually engaged in the performance of their duties under this act, shall be ten dollars per diem each and reasonable expenses ; ” four members of the board to be detailed from the Army, Navy, Marine…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hablau
The United States has not appealed from the judgment below, and, therefore, we need not corisider any question raised by its counter-claim.
*585Does this case come within the principle announced in United States v. Langston, 118 U. S. 389, 394? Langston was Minister Resident and Consul General of . the United States at the Republic of Hayti from September. 28, 1877, until July 24, 1885, under a statute providing for a diplomatic representative of the United States to the Republic of Hayti, at an annual salary of $7500. That amount was annually appropriated for the salary of that officer from the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. LangstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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- Dunwoody v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892