United States Ex Rel. Goodrich v. Guthrie
Supreme Court of the United States
This- ease was brought up, by writ of error, from the circuit court of the United States for the District of Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington. The facts were these: — On the 19th March, 1849, the President appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the senate,. A. Goodrich, to be chief justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Minnesota, for four years, which appointment was accepted.
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This- ease was brought up, by writ of error, from the circuit court of the United States for the District of Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington. The facts were these: — On the 19th March, 1849, the President appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the senate,. A. Goodrich, to be chief justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Minnesota, for four years, which appointment was accepted. On 21st of "October, 1851, the President of the United States thought proper to remove Mr. Goodrich, and to appoint Jerome Fuller to the office ; of which removal Mr. Goodrich…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daniel
This case comes before us upon a writ of error to the circuit court of the United States for the District of Columbia and county of Washington. It originated in the denial, by the court above mentioned, of a writ of mandamus, by which the secretary of the treasury should be ordered to pay to the relator a sum of money claimed by the latter as a portion of the salary due to him as chief justice of the territory of Min-v nesota.
The-facts which constituted the grounds of the application, few and simple in their character, were these: —
That on the 19th of Márch, 1849, the relator had, with the…
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