United States v. Lovett

Certiorari to review judgments of the Court of Claims holding that the plaintiffs were entitled to recover in the instant cases, which were merely suits for salaries, where it is established that the salaries have not been paid, that the obligation on the part of the Government to pay was never destroyed and that the obligation continued; and that the Act in question merely prohibited the disbursing officers to pay the salaries of plaintiffs after a certain date; it being immaterial whether the Congress did or did not have the constitutional authority to stop payment.

The judgment of the Court…