 | Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1883 - 926 pages
...116; 5 Ib., 522 ; 12 Ib., 170 ; 26 Ib., 676. 2. But it is said that the respondents are not officers. An office is a public station or employment conferred by the appointment of the government. And any man is a public officer who is appointed by government, and has any duty to... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 718 pages
...have substantially the same characteristics, without regard to the character of the services rendered. "An office is a public station or employment conferred...the ideas of tenure, duration, emolument and duties. The employment of the defendant was in the public service of the United States. He was appointed pursuant... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 852 pages
...consider the question raised here by counsel. WRIT OF ERROR DISMISSED. UNITED STATES v. HARWELL. 1. An office is a public station or employment, conferred by the appointment of government ; and embraces the ideas of tenure, duration, emolument, and duties. Accordingly, a person in the public... | |
 | Law - 1868 - 894 pages
...of Penal Statutes. — An office is a public station or employment conferred by the government, and embraces the ideas of tenure, duration, emolument, and duties: United States v. Hartwell, 6 Wall. Accordingly a person in the public service of the United States, appointed pursuant to statute authorizing... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1870 - 840 pages
...consider the question raised here by counsel. WRIT OF ERROR DISMISSED. UNITED STATBS v. HARTWELL. 1. An office is a public station or employment, conferred by the appointment of government ; and embraces the ideas of tenure, duration, emolument, and duties. Accordingly, a person in the public... | |
 | United States. Department of Justice - Attorneys general's opinions - 1873 - 668 pages
...United States ? In the case of the United States vs. Hartwell, (6 Wall., 393,) the Supreme Court said: "An office is a public station or employment, conferred...Government. The term embraces the ideas of tenure, duration, emoluments, and duties." So far as can be learned from the papers referred to me, it does not appear... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 598 pages
...liberally, as might safely be done, or strictly, as must be done, is he an officer of the United States! "An office is a public station, or employment, conferred...emolument and duties." United States v. Hartwell, 6 Wall. 385; Mechem on Public Officers, sec. 4. A mineral surveyor is not within this definition. Sovereign... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 618 pages
...merely a temporary employment in some one particular matter. In US v. Hartwell, 6 Wall. 385, it is said: "An office is a public station or employment conferred...the ideas of tenure, duration, emolument and duties. A government office is different from a government contract. The latter, from its nature, is necessarily... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 550 pages
...the mileage and per diem allowed by statute. In United States v. Hartwdl, C Wall. 393, the court say: "An office is a public station, or employment, conferred...government. The term embraces the ideas of tenure, duration, employment, and duties." Mr. Bouvier in his dictionary defines office to be " a right to exercise a... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1920 - 2100 pages
...Boston. The court held the indictment sufficient, and that defendant was a public officer. It said : "An office Is a public station, or employment, conferred...ideas of tenure, duration, emolument, and duties. The employment of the defendant was in the public service of the United States. He was appointed pursuant... | |
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An office is a public station, or employment, conferred by the appointment of government. The term embraces the ideas of tenure, duration, emolument, and duties. 
