Cochnower v. United States

The plaintiff is an inspector of customs at the port of New York, which position he held on July 1, 1910, and for sometime prior to that date. On June 10, 1879, he was appointed a night inspector at $2.50 per diem. He became day inspector in September, 1883, at $4 per diem. He was detailed as a laborer at $2.50 per diem in September, 1902, and was appointed storekeeper at $1,400 per annum in July, 1903. In June, 1908, he was appointed day inspector of customs at $5 per diem. It thus appears that he has been in the customs service for a great many years in one capacity or another. Under a plan…