Crenshaw v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. This was an action, brought by the appellant, James D. Cren-shaw, in the Court of Claims, for the purpose of recovering an alleged-balance of $3763.66 due him on account of salary as a midshipman in the United States navy. Tim Court of Claims dismissed the appellant’s petition, 24 C. 01: 57; and an appeal from that judgment brought the case here.
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. This was an action, brought by the appellant, James D. Cren-shaw, in the Court of Claims, for the purpose of recovering an alleged-balance of $3763.66 due him on account of salary as a midshipman in the United States navy. Tim Court of Claims dismissed the appellant’s petition, 24 C. 01: 57; and an appeal from that judgment brought the case here. The material facts in the case were as follows: In September,' 1877, the appellant was appointed a cadet midshipman at the Naval Academy. At .that time the provisions of the Pevised Statutes in force and pertinent to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamae
■ The primary question in this .case, one which underlies the first, second and' third of appellant’s propositions stated above, is, whether an officer appointed for a definite time or du ring-good' behavior had any vested interest or contract right in his .. office of which Congress could not deprive him ? The question is not. novel. There seems to be but little difficulty in deciding ■that there was no such interest or right. The question was before this court' in Butler v. Pennsylvania, 10 How. 402, 416. In that case Butler and others, by virtue of a statute of. the State of Pennsylvania,…
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