UNITED STATES v. WILSON

No. 1157.

144 U.S. 24 (1892)

UNITED STATES v. WILSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 14, 1892.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Parker for appellant.

Mr. Harvey Spalding for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE LAMAR delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action in the Court of Claims by a late postmaster of Chadron, Nebraska, to recover an alleged balance of salary claimed to be due.

The material facts are these: The claimant was a fourth-class postmaster, duly appointed and qualified, at Chadron, Nebraska, from July 1, 1885, to January 25, 1887. When he was first appointed the salary of the office was $1000 a year; and it continued at that...

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