Stansbury v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from, the Court of Claims, the case being thus: A statute of the United States, passed August 23, 1842,* enacts as follows: “ No officer, in any branch of the public service, or any other person, whose salary, pay, or emoluments, is, or are fixed by law or regulations, shall receive any additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation, in any form whatever, for the disbursement of public money, or any other service or duty whatever, unless the same shall be authorized…
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Appeal from, the Court of Claims, the case being thus: A statute of the United States, passed August 23, 1842,* enacts as follows: “ No officer, in any branch of the public service, or any other person, whose salary, pay, or emoluments, is, or are fixed by law or regulations, shall receive any additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation, in any form whatever, for the disbursement of public money, or any other service or duty whatever, unless the same shall be authorized by low, and in the appropriation therefor explicitly set forth, that it is for such additional pay, extra allowance, or…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Davis
The appellant insists that the written promise of the Secretary to pay him the value of his services, is a binding obligation on the government. But this is not so, for ho authority of law existed for the promise. The secretary could not pay the claim, because there was'n.o appropriation to pay it, and he was not authorized by Congress to create an agency to perform the service in question. lie undoubtedly acted in good faith with Stausbury, and supposed that Congress would approve the mode he adopted for obtaining useful information, and ratify^ his proceedings; and J¿s promise, under the…
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