Smith v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. The claimant was the attorney for the United States in the Territory of New Mexico during the calendar years 1880, 1887, and 1888. II. 1. His accounts for the services performed by him during that time as said attorney, claiming salary and other compensation as due to him from the United States to the amount of $19,230.80, and as payable out of the money of the United…
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The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. The claimant was the attorney for the United States in the Territory of New Mexico during the calendar years 1880, 1887, and 1888. II. 1. His accounts for the services performed by him during that time as said attorney, claiming salary and other compensation as due to him from the United States to the amount of $19,230.80, and as payable out of the money of the United States, were duly rendered, with the vouchers and items theieof, to the proper district court, sitting as a court with…
1Opinion of the Court
IíichardsoN, Oh. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:*
The claimant, the district attorney of the United States for New Mexico, brings this action to recover certain fees allowed by the accounting officers in their adjustment of his accounts and which they refused to certify for payment on the ground that the same should be included among the “fees and emoluments of his office,” which he is not allowed to retain beyond the maximum of $3,500 a year, and on other grounds. (Rev. Stat., •§ 883 (20), 835 (22); Act of 1882, August 7, chap. 436; 22 Stat. L., 344 (24).
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Post Master General v. EarlySupreme Court of the United States · 1827
- United States v. WatersSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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- Wilson v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1909
- Winston v. United StatesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington · 1894