McCauley v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter's statement of the case: The claim in this case was disallowed by the Comptroller of the Treasury on the ground that the travel was for the purpose of taking leave of absence. The decision of this court in Perrimond, v. United States, 19 C. Cls., 509, 511, is referred to in support of this ruling. The statute regulating mileage in the Navy is the act of March 3,1901, 31 Sta.
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The Reporter's statement of the case: The claim in this case was disallowed by the Comptroller of the Treasury on the ground that the travel was for the purpose of taking leave of absence. The decision of this court in Perrimond, v. United States, 19 C. Cls., 509, 511, is referred to in support of this ruling. The statute regulating mileage in the Navy is the act of March 3,1901, 31 Sta. L., 1029: “That in lieu of traveling expenses and all allowances whatsoever connected therewith, including transportation of baggage, officers of the Navy traveling from point to point within the United…
1Opinion of the CourtBarney, Judge
This is a claim of an officer of the Navy for actual expenses while traveling abroad and mileage in the United States while proceeding to his home in obedience to orders issued to him in consequence of having incurred a disability temporarily unfitting him for duty while serving in tropical waters.
The facts in the case are substantially as follows: This officer was taken seriously ill about February, 1911, from exposure while on duty while serving on the U. S. S. Princeton in the Pacific waters on the coast of Nicaragua. In consequence, on February 16, he was ordered to proceed to a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Perrimond v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1884
- McGowan v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1901
- Leach v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1909
- Doyle v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1911