Baskin v. United States

Plaintiff brought this suit August, 1, 1941, to recover $6,845 as salary at the rate of $1,680 per annum from January 15, 1936, less $2,605 earned in private employment subsequent to that date.

*456Plaintiff is a citizen and resident of Bishopville, South Carolina. He served in the United States Army as a first lieutenant from August 81, 1917, to June 18, 1919, when he was honorably discharged. From March 1, 1928, he was employed in the United States Prison Service, Department of Justice, under the Warden of the U. S. Penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, having been appointed to that service…