Mumford v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are tbe facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant is the widow of Ferdinand S. Mum ford, who served in the war with Mexico as a captain in the First Regiment of United States Infantry, and as such served out the term of his engagement, and died October 1, 1872. II.
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On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are tbe facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant is the widow of Ferdinand S. Mum ford, who served in the war with Mexico as a captain in the First Regiment of United States Infantry, and as such served out the term of his engagement, and died October 1, 1872. II. After the passage of the Act of February 19, 1879 (20 Stat. L., 316), the claimant presented a claim to the accounting officers of the Treasury, upon which was taken the action shown by the following letter: “Treasury Department, “Second Auditor’s…
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
That part of the claim for the three months’ extra pay-granted'to the claimant on account of her husband’s honorable service in the Mexican war is small and exceptional!/ meritorious, but we are constrained to decide against it on the strict rules of law.
It is also identical in principle with that of Semple (24 C. Cls. R., 422), in which judgment was given for the claimant* and the defendants acquiesced and took no appeal.
The claimant is the widow of an officer engaged in the military service of the United States in the war with Mexico as…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- McKnight v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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- United States v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- United States v. PriceSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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