Reagan v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Appellant filed his petition in the Court of Claims, October 13, 1897, and an amended petition October 27, 1899, seeking to recover salary as United States Commissioner in the Indian Territory, at the rate of $1500 per annum, from February 1, 1896, to September 30, 1899, aggregating $5375. The findings of fact and conclusion of law were as follows: “ I. The claimant was, on the 25th day of April, 1893, appointed by the United States court for…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Appellant filed his petition in the Court of Claims, October 13, 1897, and an amended petition October 27, 1899, seeking to recover salary as United States Commissioner in the Indian Territory, at the rate of $1500 per annum, from February 1, 1896, to September 30, 1899, aggregating $5375. The findings of fact and conclusion of law were as follows: “ I. The claimant was, on the 25th day of April, 1893, appointed by the United States court for the Indian Territory United States commissioner within said Territory, under the provisions of section 39 of an act of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
Section 39 of the act of May 2, 1890, 26 Stat. 98, c. 182, provided :
“ That the United States court in the Indian Territory shall have all the powers of the United States Circuit Courts or Circuit Court judges to appoint commissioners within said Indian Territory, who shall be learned in the law, and shall be known as United States commissioners; but not exceeding three commissioners shall be appointed for any one division, and such commissioners when appointed shall have, within the district to be designated in the order appointing them, all the powers of commissioners of Circuit Courts of…
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