Weeks v. United States ex rel. Creary
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Mandamus by the United States, on the- relation of William P. Creary, against Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, in which John W. Weeks, his successor as Secretary of War, was substituted as defendant. From a judgment for the relator, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEE, Associate Justice.
Relator Creary filed a petition in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for a writ of mandamus to compel respondent, Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, to vacate an order discharging the relator from the army of the United States and to restore him to the rank of colonel. A rule to show cause was issued. Respondent answered the petition, and the relator demurred to the answer. Eater, present respondent, John W. Weeks, Secretary of War, was substituted for Baker. From a judgment for relator, the case comes here on appeal.
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