United States v. Murry

100 U.S. 536

100 U.S. 536

25 L.Ed. 756

UNITED STATES

v.

MURRY.

October Term, 1879

APPEAL from the Court of Claims.

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

The Solicitor-General for the United States.

Mr. John N. Oliver, contra.

1

On the 3d of May, 1873, Murray, the claimant, was appointed to a clerkship of class 1 in the Treasury Department, for a probationary term of three months. At the end of that period, the board of examiners having reported favorably on his fitness for a clerkship of that class, he was, on the 5th of November, reappointed, and assigned to duty in the office of the…