United States v. Meigs
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Court of Claims. The facts are stated/ in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
Of the appellees, one was a deputy-clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, another was the crier of that court, and two others were messengers. They each sued in the Court of Claims to recover the additional .compensation allowed' to certain employes of the government by the joint resolution, of Congress of Feb. 28, 1867. 14 Stat. 569.
The Court of Claims finds the above facts, and while it says, in what purports to be an opinion, that it believes that the. resolution refers to clerks and employés of the executive branches of the government alone, and does not extend to those…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Case of the Sewing MacHine CompaniesSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
3Cited by6 opinions
- Powell v. United StatesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Middle Alabama · 1894
- Matthews v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1897
- United States v. McDonaldCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1896
- Ex parte BurdellDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1887
- United States v. CurtisDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1882
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