THE UNITED STATES v. BUCHANAN, 49 U.S. 83 (1850)

THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. McKEAN BUCHANAN. JANUARY TERM, 1850. Commissions for drawing bills of exchange were not usually allowed to permanent pursers in the navy; and on the 10th of November, 1826, commissions for such services to commanders of squadrons and officers of any grade were expressly abolished. A custom cannot be […]

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49 U.S. 83

49 U.S. 83 49 U.S. 83 8 How. 83 12 L.Ed. 997 THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR,v.McKEAN BUCHANAN. January Term, 1850 1 THIS case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, having been carried there from the District Court, in […]

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