United States v. Allison
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Court of Claims. This was a suit brought by Allison, an employé in the government printing-office, for additional compensation under the joint resolution of Congress' approved Feb. 28,1867 (14 Stat. 569). The court below found, as a matter of fact, that the claimant was, on.the day of the passage of the joint resolution, employed in that office, being paid by the day; and, as a matter of law, that the employés in the government printing-office, on the 28th of…
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Appeal from the Court of Claims. This was a suit brought by Allison, an employé in the government printing-office, for additional compensation under the joint resolution of Congress' approved Feb. 28,1867 (14 Stat. 569). The court below found, as a matter of fact, that the claimant was, on.the day of the passage of the joint resolution, employed in that office, being paid by the day; and, as a matter of law, that the employés in the government printing-office, on the 28th of February, 1867, were employés in a bureau or division of the Department of the Interior, within the meaning of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Cheep Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.'
Allison was an employé in the government printing-office, from June 30, 1866, to June 30, 1867, and, in this suit, claims additional compensation for his services in consequence of. the ' joint resolution of Feb. 28, 1867. 14 Stat. 569. He contends that the government printing-office was, during the.fiscal, year commencing July 1, 1866, a bureau in the Department of the Interior. If it was. not, he substantially concedes that he is not entitled to the benefit of the resolution.
The Department of the Interior is one of the executive…
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