Perry v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tbe case. Tbe following are tbe facts as found by tbe court: I. Tbe claimant was one of tbe three citizens appointed by tbe President, wbo, with others, were created a Commission under tbe act of September 27,1890, cb. 1001 (26 Stat. L., 492). Tbe commissioners organized October 2,1890, and immediately entered upon tbe discharge of their duties, and have so continued to tbe present time. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of tbe case. Tbe following are tbe facts as found by tbe court: I. Tbe claimant was one of tbe three citizens appointed by tbe President, wbo, with others, were created a Commission under tbe act of September 27,1890, cb. 1001 (26 Stat. L., 492). Tbe commissioners organized October 2,1890, and immediately entered upon tbe discharge of their duties, and have so continued to tbe present time. II. Tbe claimant is a member of tbe bar of tbe Supreme Court of tbe United States, to which be was admitted in 1876, and is also a member of tbe bar of tbe Supreme Court of tbe…
1Opinion of the Court
BichardsoN, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The claimant was appointed one of the three citizens who, with the Chief Engineer of the Army and the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia, were created a commission in relation to laying out, establishing, and maintaining Bock Creek Park, in the District of Columbia, under the Act of September 27,1890 ch. 1001 (26 Stat. L., 492), a copy of which is printed at the end of this opinion.
He is an attorney at law, and, in addition to the ordinary duties of the office of commissioner, he performed extensive professional services by…
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