Bishop v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE- COURT OP CLAIMS. This is a petition for pay as a Lieutenant Commander from February 8, 1868, when defendant was dismissed from the naval service pursuant to the sentence of a general court-martial, until March 9, 1871, when he was reinstated by special act of Congress. The Court of Claims made a finding of facts, the material parts of which are incorporated in the opinion, and dismissed the petition. 38 C. Cl. 473.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This case depends upon the validity of the findings and sentence of the court-martial, and is brought under an act of Congress approved June 6, 1900, 31 Stat. 1612, nearly thirty years after petitioner was recommissioned as a Lieutenant Commander, which enacted “ that the claim of Joshua Bishop for alleged items of pay, due and unpaid to him for services as a Lieutenant Commander ... be, and the same is hereby referred to the Court of Claims. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred on said court to try said cause, and the statute of limitations shall not apply thereto, and to render final judgment…
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