THE CHIEF JUSTICES AND JUDGES of The Court of Claims of the United States 1855-1946 Chief Justices and Judges of the Court of Claims from the date the Court was established, by the Act of February 24, 1855, 10 Stat. 612, with the dates of appointments and oaths of office, resignations, retirements, and deaths in office. CHIEF JUSTICES 1st. 2d. 3d. 4th. 5th. 6th. 7th. Joseph Casey of Pennsylvania. Appointed Judge, May 21, 1861, to succeed George P. 1863. Resigned, December 1, 1870. Charles D. Drake of Missouri. Appointed Chief Justice, December 12, 1870, to succeed William A. Richardson of Massachusetts. Appointed Judge, June 2, 1874, to succeed Judge Samuel Milligan. Elevated to Chief Justice, January 20, 1885, to succeed Chief Justice Drake. Died in office, October 19, 1896. Charles C. Nott of New York. Appointed Judge, February 22, 1865, to succeed Judge Stanton J. Peelle of Indiana. Appointed Judge, March 28, 1892, to succeed Judge Glenni Appointed Chief Justice, May 22, 1913, to succeed Chief Fenton W. Booth of Illinois. Appointed Judge, March 17, 1905, to succeed Judge Francis M. Wright. Elevated to Chief Justice, April 23, 1928, to succeed Chief Justice Campbell. Retired, June 15, 1939. Appointed on the Court as Chief Justice. XXI 8th. Richard S. Whaley of South Carolina. Appointed Judge, June 4, 1930, to succeed Judge Samuel J. Graham. Elevated to Chief Justice, June 28, 1939, to succeed Chief Justice Booth. JUDGES John J. Gilchrist 2 of New Hampshire. Appointed Judge, March 3, 1855. Elected presiding judge May 11, 1855, at the first session of the court. Died in Died in office, December Appointed Judge, May 8, 1855. Resigned, April 20, 1861. Edward G. Loring of Massachusetts. 2 Appointed Judge, May 6, 1858, to succeed Judge Gilchrist. James Hughes 2 of Indiana. Appointed Judge, February 6, 1860, to succeed Judge Joseph Casey 2 of Pennsylvania. Appointed Judge, May 21, 1861, to succeed Judge Scarborough. Elevated to Chief Justice, March 13, 1863. Resigned, December 1, 1870. David Wilmot 3 of Pennsylvania. Appointed Judge, March 7, 1863. Died March 16, 1868. Ebenezer Peck of Illinois. Appointed Judge, May 10, 1863. Retired, April 1878. Charles C. Nott of New York. Appointed Judge, February 22, 1865, to succeed Judge Samuel Milligan of Tennessee. Appointed Judge, July 8, 1868, to succeed Judge Wilmot. William A. Richardson of Massachusetts. Died Appointed Judge, June 2, 1874, to succeed Judge Milligan. J. C. Bancroft Davis of New York. Appointed Judge, December 14, 1877, to succeed Judge Loring. Resigned, December 9, 1881. Reappointed, December 20, 1882. Died, November 4, 1883. Appointed Judges under the original Act of February 24, 1855, 10 Stat. 612. William H. Hunt of Louisiana. Appointed Judge, May 15, 1878, to succeed Judge Peck. Glenni W. Schofield of Pennsylvania. Appointed Judge, May 20, 1881, to succeed Judge Hunt. Lawrence Weldon of Illinois. Appointed Judge, November 24, 1883, to succeed Judge Appointea Judge, January 20, 1885, to succeed Judge Stanton J. Peelle of Indiana. Appointed Judge, March 28, 1892, to succeed Judge Schofield. Elevated to Chief Justice, January 1, 1906. Retired February 11, 1913. Charles B. Howry of Mississippi. Appointed Judge, January 28, 1897, to succeed Charles C. Nott, elevated to Chief Justice. Retired March 15, 1915. Francis M. Wright of Illinois. Appointed Judge, January 13, 1903, to succeed Judge John Davis. Resigned March 15, 1905. Fenton W. Booth of Illinois. Appointed Judge, March 17, 1905, to succeed Judge Wright. Elevated to Chief Justice, April 23, 1928. Retired June 15, 1939. George W. Atkinson of West Virginia. Appointed Judge, April 15, 1905, to succeed Judge Weldon. Samuel S. Barney of Wisconsin. Appointed Judge, January 2, 1906, to succeed Judge Peelle, elevated to Chief Justice. Retired April 15, 1919. George E. Downey of Indiana. Appointed Judge, September 1, 1915, to succeed Judge James Hay of Virginia. Appointed Judge, July 15, 1916, to succeed Judge Atkinson. Samuel J. Graham of Pennsylvania. Appointed Judge, September 1, 1919, to succeed Judge McKenzie Moss of Kentucky. Appointed Judge, June 14, 1926, to succeed Judge Downey. William R. Green of Iowa. Appointed Judge, March 31, 1928, to succeed Judge Hay. Nicholas J. Sinnott of Oregon. Appointed Judge, May 31, Benjamin H. Littleton of Tennessee. 1928, to succeed Judge Booth, Died July 20, 1929. Appointed Judge, October 15, 1929. Took his seat on the bench November 11, 1929, to succeed Judge Moss. Thomas S. Williams of Illinois. Appointed Judge, October 15, 1929. Took his seat on the bench November 11, 1929, to succeed Judge Sinnott. Died April 5, 1940. Richard S. Whaley of South Carolina. Appointed Judge, June 4, 1930, to succeed Judge Graham. Samuel E. Whitaker of Tennessee. Appointed Judge, June 23, 1939, to succeed Judge Whaley, elevated to Chief Justice. Entered upon his duties July 27, 1939. Marvin Jones of Texas. Appointed Judge, April 9, 1940, to succeed Judge Williams. J. Warren Madden of Pennsylvania. Appointed Judge, November 15, 1940, to succeed Judge CASES DECIDED IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS December 1, 1945, to February 28, 1946, and other cases not heretofore published AMERICAN MAIL LINE, LTD. v. THE UNITED STATES [No. 45441. Decided April 2, 1945] On the Proofs Repatriation of destitute seamen; obligation of the United States under the statutes to provide subsistence and transportation where wages have been terminated by shipwreck.-Under the provisions of sections 593, 678 and 679 of title 46, U. S. Code, it is the duty of the United States Government to provide subsistence and repatriation of seamen on a shipwrecked vessel of the United States whose right to wages has been terminated by the shipwreck. Alaska Steamship Company v. United States, 290 U. S. 256, 264, cited. Same: proviso in Appropriation Act of 1935 was temporary legislation. The proviso in the 1935 Appropriation Act for the State Department that no part of the appropriation for repatriation of destitute seamen should be available for payment to owners or operators for transporting destitute seamen of their own vessels (48 Stat. 529, 533) was temporary legislation and was not in effect at the time of the shipwreck of the President Hoover in December 1937. Same: refusal of United States consul to make a contract for repatriation of destitute seamen does not relieve defendant of its liability under the law.-Where the United States consul at Hong Kong, relying upon erroneous instructions, refused to make a contract for the repatriation of the destitute seamen of the shipwrecked President Hoover, belonging to the Dollar Steamship Company; and where the Dollar Steamship Company, in response to the demand of the consul that it provide for their transportation, under protest and without acknowledging liability for caring for them, arranged with the plaintiff to carry them back to the United States; and where the plaintiff performed that service; it is held that plaintiff is entitled to recover from the defendant, upon whom the law placed the burden of providing that service. 1 |