Laurey v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters1 statement of the case : The facts found by the court in this case, so far as they present the legal questions involved, are set forth in the opinion of the court.
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The Reporters1 statement of the case : The facts found by the court in this case, so far as they present the legal questions involved, are set forth in the opinion of the court. The case comes strictly within the terms of the language of the Supreme Court in United States v. Post (148 U. S., 124,133), as follows: “ The postmaster was the agentof theUnited States to direct the employinent, and if the letter carriers had not obeyed the orders of the postmaster they could have been dismissed. They did not lose their legal rights under the statute by obeying such orders.” The performance of…
1Opinion of the CourtPeelle, J.
The only question presented in this case is, Are the claimants — letter carriers in Charleston, S. 0. — entitled to recover under the Act May 24,1888 (1 Supp. R. S., 587), known as the carriers’ eight-hour law, for services actually rendered by them, and for which the Government received the benefit, in excess of eight hours a day under the circumstances set forth in finding vin, which is as follows:
“The postmaster, after tests under varying conditions both as to service and weather, arranged a carriers’ schedule for the year 1888 and subsequent years, for the purpose of complying with the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ex Parte ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Campbell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- United States v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Gratiot v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1846
- United States v. PostSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1917
- Rush v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1898
- Beuhring v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1910
- Rush v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1900