Dyer v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts as found by the court: I. The following correspondence toolr place between the claimant and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, at the dates thereof: “Department of the Interior, “ Office of Indian Affairs, “ Washington, June 28, 1880. “ D. B. Dyer, “ Quapaw Ageney, Indian Territory : “ Sir : You have been appointed by the President to be agent for the Indians of the Quapaw Agency, in Indian Territory.
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The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts as found by the court: I. The following correspondence toolr place between the claimant and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, at the dates thereof: “Department of the Interior, “ Office of Indian Affairs, “ Washington, June 28, 1880. “ D. B. Dyer, “ Quapaw Ageney, Indian Territory : “ Sir : You have been appointed by the President to be agent for the Indians of the Quapaw Agency, in Indian Territory. “ If you accept the appointment, please notify this office, and at the same time forward a bond in the penal sum of $20,000,…
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The claim set up in this case is that the claimant was appointed one of the fourteen Indian agents for the tribes east of the Rocky Mountains and north of New Mexico and Texas authorized by Revised Statutes, section 2n52, and is entitled to the annual salary of $1,500, as thereiu provided. Having held the office two years, and having been paid only $1,200 a year, he now asks judgment for the difference.
Tbe difficulty in case of the claimant is that it does not appear that he was one of the fourteen agents authorized by the Revised…
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