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MacMATH v. UNITED STATES

No. 79.

248 U.S. 151 (1918)

39 S.Ct. 31

63 L.Ed. 177

MacMATH, ADMINISTRATRIX OF MacMATH, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 9, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William E. Russell, with whom Mr. Seward G. Spoor, Mr. Louis T. Michener and Mr. Perry G. Michener were on the briefs, for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Thompson, for the United States, submitted.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

When an office with a fixed salary has been created by statute, and a person duly appointed to it has qualified and entered upon the discharge of his duties, he is entitled, during his incumbency, to be paid the salary prescribed by statute; and effect will not be given to any attempt to deprive him of the right thereto, whether it be by unauthorized agreement, by condition, or otherwise. United States

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