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WALLACE v. UNITED STATES

No. 118.

258 U.S. 296 (1922)

42 S.Ct. 318

66 L.Ed. 626

WALLACE v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 10, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank S. Bright and Mr. H. Stanley Hinrichs, for appellant, submitted the petition and motion.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the court.

Counsel for the appellant object to the presumption we indulge in our opinion in this case that the Senate must have known of the dismissal of Wallace when it confirmed the nomination of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Smith, whose appointment and confirmation filled the place considered vacant by Wallace's dismissal. They insist that the absence of knowledge by the Senate of Wallace's removal was conceded by the...

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