Case: Return J. Meigs and Others, appellees v. The United States, appellants
Abbreviation: Meigs v. United States
Decision Date: 1878-01-21
Docket Number: 
Citation: 13 Ct. Cl. 522
Volume: 13
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Return J. Meigs and Others, appellees v. The United States, appellants.
Judges: 
Pages: 522–522

Head Matter:
MEIGS’S CASE.
(Not reported in C. Cls. R.;
95 U. S. R., 748.)
Return J. Meigs and Others, appellees v. The United States, appellants.
On the defendants' Appeal.
The Twenty-per cent. Resolution, 28thFebruary, 1867 (14 Stat. L.. 569), gives an increase of pay to employés of the Executive Departments. The deputy cleric, crier, and messenger of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia claim that the resolution extends to them.
The court below holds in Huntington’s Case (8 C. Cls. R., 495) that the Twenty per cent. Resolution, 1867 (14 Stat L., 569) does not extend to the clerks and employés of the judiciary, and, accordingly, in this case, that the claimants are not entitled to the benefits of the resolution. But the claimants having no right of appeal, judgment proforma,, for the purposes of an appeal, is rendered in their favor. The defendants appeal.
The judgment pro/oma of the court below is reversed. The Supreme Court holds with the Court of Claims in Huntington’s Case (8. C. Cls. R., 495), that the clerks and employés of a court are not entitled to the benefits of the Twenty per cent. Resolution, 1867 (14 Stat. L., 569).

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Miller
delivered tbe opinion of tbe Supreme Court, January 21, 1878.