Shurtleff v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. . The appellant seeks to review a judgment of. the Court of Claims denying his right to be paid the salary pertaining to the office of a general appraiser of merchandise and accruing between May 15 and November 1, 1899. The court ref used to decree payment of the claim on the ground that he was not one of the appraisers during the time for which he demanded such salary.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. . The appellant seeks to review a judgment of. the Court of Claims denying his right to be paid the salary pertaining to the office of a general appraiser of merchandise and accruing between May 15 and November 1, 1899. The court ref used to decree payment of the claim on the ground that he was not one of the appraisers during the time for which he demanded such salary. The facts, as they appear in the findings of the Court of Claims, are that the appellant was nominated on. July It, 1890, to be one of the general appraisers of merchandise under the act of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
The office of general appraiser of merchandise was created by the twelfth section of the act of Congress approved June 10, 1890, commonly called the Customs Administrative Act. 26 Stat. 131, 136. The material portion of that section reads as follows: .
“ Sec. 12. That there shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, nine general appraisers of merchandise, each of whom shall receive a salary of seven thousand dollars a year. Not more than five of such general appraisers shall be appointed from the same political party. They shall not be engaged in any…
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