Gordon v. United States

TRIMBLE, Chief Judge.

Relying upon Title 28 U.S.C., Section 1346(a) (2), the Tucker Act, as amended, as conferring jurisdiction upon this Court, plaintiff brought suit against the United States to recover damages in the sum of $10,000 for breach of a contract of employment.

*848Plaintiff alleged that, on February 17, 1953, he entered -into a contract with the United States, through the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Little Rock, Arkansas, District, for two years of employment in Alaska as “supply cataloging supervisor” at an agreed salary of $5,940 per annum. His employment was to…