La Tourette v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The allegations of the claimant’s petition and tbe facts upon which the case turned are set forth in the opinion of the court.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The allegations of the claimant’s petition and tbe facts upon which the case turned are set forth in the opinion of the court. Whether we look to Revised Statutes, 1262, or to the longevity provisions of law contained in the appropriation acts for the fiscal years 1882 and 1883, it is made certain that to determine what prior time of service may be credited upon an Army officer’s commission for reckoning or computing bis increased pay for length of service we have only one question to consider, viz, was the prior time of service time of service in the U.…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
The petitioner alleges in substance that he served on the active list as post chaplain in the regular Army of the United States from February 6,1865, to the bringing of this suit; that during all of said time he discharged the duties faithfully; that from February 6,1885, to April 27,1887, he served in said Army as a commissioned officer; that on said February 6, 1885, he completed twenty'years’ service; that thereafter he was entitled, under section 1262 of the Revised Statutes, to four longevity allowances, one for each term of five years; and that all of his time in said service is…
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- United States v. MouatSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- United States v. HendeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- United States v. MortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Morton v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1884