Hooe v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The facts, which involve the validity of a claim for rent of premises occupied by a department of the United States, the power of an officer of the United States to make' contracts in excess of amount appropriated by Congress, and the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims, are stated in the opinion. The Government of the United States has the absolute power to take private property for public use, just compensation being made.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The facts, which involve the validity of a claim for rent of premises occupied by a department of the United States, the power of an officer of the United States to make' contracts in excess of amount appropriated by Congress, and the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims, are stated in the opinion. The Government of the United States has the absolute power to take private property for public use, just compensation being made. The Secretary of the Interior and the Civil Service Commissioners were and are officers of the United States, charged with the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The appellants, plaintiffs below, seek to recover, from the United States the sum of $9,000, the amount, which they allege, is due them on account of the occupation and use, by the Civil Service Commission, of certain premises in the city of Washington, District of' Columbia.
The finding of .fact by the Court of Claims — using largely the words of the finding — :may be summarized as follows:
On the tenth day of July, 1900, the Secretary of the Interior, proceeding under the appropriation act for the legislative, executive and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June…
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