Brashear v. Mason
Supreme Court of the United States
This case, was brought up, by Writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia! hold-en in and for the county of Washington. It was an application to the Circuit Court for a mandamus,, under circumstances which are thus stated by that court in its opinion.
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This case, was brought up, by Writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia! hold-en in and for the county of Washington. It was an application to the Circuit Court for a mandamus,, under circumstances which are thus stated by that court in its opinion. William C. Brashear petitioned the court for a rule on John Y: Mason, Secretary of the Navy of the United States, to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, commanding him, as Secretary of the Department of the Navy, to cause payment to the petitioner of his just dues as an officer in the navy for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court held in and for the District of Columbia.
The plaintiff made application to the court below for a mandamus against the defendant, to compel the payment of $ 2100 arrearages of pay due him from the government as a commander in the navy of the United States, which application was founded on the following state of facts.
The plaintiff was appointed a commander in the navy of the republic of Texas on the 23d of September, 1844, and continued in its service down to the annexation of the republic to the United States, in pursuance of the joint resolutions…
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