United States v. Van Duzee
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims entered, in favor of the appellee (claimant below) for the sum of $993. 35 C. Cl. 214. The conclusion of law by which the court determined that judgment ought to be entered against the United States was based upon the following: “ Finding of Facts.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims entered, in favor of the appellee (claimant below) for the sum of $993. 35 C. Cl. 214. The conclusion of law by which the court determined that judgment ought to be entered against the United States was based upon the following: “ Finding of Facts. “ I. The claimant, Alonzo J. Van Duzee, was clerk of the Circuit Court of the United States for the- Northern District of Iowa from August, 1882, to December 31, 1897, duly qualified and acting. “II. During said period he made up his accounts for services…
1Opinion of the Court
Mk. Justice White,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.
The question involves the construction of a portion of paragraph 19 of the act of Congress of May 28, 1896, 29 Stat. 184, which reads as follows:
“ That the terms of office of all commissioners of the Circuit Courts heretofore appointed shall expire on the. thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven; and such office shall on that day cease to exist, and said commissioners shall then deposit all the records and other official papers appertaining to their offices in the office of the clerk of…
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