United States v. Farden
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Court of Claims. This was an action by Joseph S. Farden against the United States to recover pay for his services as acting collector of internal revenue for the second district of Alabama.
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Appeal from the Court of Claims. This was an action by Joseph S. Farden against the United States to recover pay for his services as acting collector of internal revenue for the second district of Alabama. The Court of Claims found the following facts: — 1. On the twenty-third day of September, 1873, the claimant was deputy collector of Francis Widner, then collector of internal revenue for the second district of Alabama, when said Widner was suspended from office by K. R. Cobb, a supervisor of internal revenue, for fraud, and his action reported to the commissioner. 2. The'commissioner…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
delivered the opinion of the court..
Compensation of the collector of internal revenue for the district, as fixed by the Secretary, of the Treasury in lieu of the salary and commissions prescribed by law, is the annual sum of $3,000. 15 Stat. 231.
Such,collectors may appoint as many deputies as they may think- proper, to be by them compensated for their services. Rev. Stat., sect. 3148.
Deputy collectors who, under the authority of law, perform the duties of a collector, in consequence of a vacancy in the office of collector, are entitled to receive the-salary and commissions allowed by law to…
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