Howard v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Deporters’ statement of the case: The case was argued upon the defendants’ demurrer to the petition. The only questions of law presented are fully set forth in the opinion of the court. Territorial courts are not courts of the United States. (American Ins.
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The Deporters’ statement of the case: The case was argued upon the defendants’ demurrer to the petition. The only questions of law presented are fully set forth in the opinion of the court. Territorial courts are not courts of the United States. (American Ins. Go. v. Garter, 1 Pet., 5ál; Bonner v. Porter, 91 How., 239; Good v. Harlem, 95 U. S. R., 93; Reynolds v. U. S., 98 U. S. R., 154), and (6), therefore the judges are not constitutional, but legislative judges; not United States judges, but Territorial judges, and subject to removal. (3 Op. Atty. Gen., 409-4Í1; 5 id., 233; 7 id., 303;…
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.
The petition alleges that in the year 1883 claimant was appointed chief justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Arizona, and continued to hold that office until the 22d day of June, 1886, when he resigned. Prior thereto, however, and on the 9th day of November, 1885, he was suspended from the office by the President and another person was designated to perform its duties. Claimant demands here salary from the date of suspension to the date of resignation, urging that he did not hold office at the pleasure of the President, and denying that the suspension was valid.
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- Hornbuckle v. ToombsSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
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