Nicholas v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims in a suit to recover the emoluments of an office accruing after appellant’s unlawful removal from it. See also post, 77-, 82.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
Claimant brought suit in the Court of Claims to recover compensation as inspector of customs at the port of Baltimore from February 20, 1913, to May 20, 1916, in the sum of $4,740.00, being at the rate of $4.00 per day for the period covered. He alleged that he was summarily removed from the service of the United States without charges of any kind being preferred against him, and without an opportunity to be heard, in violation of § 6 of an Act of Congress approved August 24, 1912, c. 389, 37 Stat. 555. He afterwards amended his petition so as to claim $4.00 per day to the day of rendering…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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