Baker v. United States

' Plaintiff, during the period involved, was a retired officer :in the Navy living in Puerto Rico and on active duty. De*602siring to obtain from the Government a permanent lease or transfer to himself of a tract of land which formed a part of the naval reservation on that island, he submitted to the Navy Department a proposal in writing in which he stated that in return for such permanent title or lease he would erect a residence on the leased premises which would provide quarters for him in which he would reside, and that during such residence he would waive all claim to other quarters and to…