Case ID: us-ct-cl_29/html/0551-02.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

ROBERT S. SHIELDS v. THE UNITED STATES.
    [Not reported in C. Cls. R.; U. S. R.]
    
      On the defendant’s Appeal.
    
    Claimant was the United States district attorney for the northern district of Ohio from July 1, 1885, to December 31, 1889. He recovered judgment in the court below for $1,998. In the judgment is an item of $278.50, mileage for travel performed between Cleveland, the place of holding court, and his home at Canton, he having made weekly trips during the term of court on Saturday, returning Monday.
    The decision of the court below as to this item of $278.50 for mileage is reversed on the ground that the travel was not made in the character of a public official or in the performance of a public service.
   Mr. Justice Jackson

delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court, April 16, 1894.