United States v. Fletcher
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS PROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS, The claimant filed an amended petition in the Court of Claims, December 16, 1890, as a substitute for his original petition filed December 11, 1889, seeking to-recover from the .United States a certain amount of money as arrears of pay alleged to be due him as captain on the retired list of the army, to which the government filed a general traverse December 22, 1890. Thereupon, due'proceedings were had, and the court, on June 8, 1891, found,…
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APPEALS PROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS, The claimant filed an amended petition in the Court of Claims, December 16, 1890, as a substitute for his original petition filed December 11, 1889, seeking to-recover from the .United States a certain amount of money as arrears of pay alleged to be due him as captain on the retired list of the army, to which the government filed a general traverse December 22, 1890. Thereupon, due'proceedings were had, and the court, on June 8, 1891, found, in substance, the following facts: Bird L. Fletcher, the claimant, -was, on December 27, 1859, enlisted as a private in…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Puller
The claimant’s suit was for arrears of pay claimed to be due him as a retired officer of the army of the United States, accruing from December 1, 1S83, to November 30, 1890, at the rate of two thousand one hundred dollars per annum, and amounting to the sum of fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars. This claim was met by a finding and sentence of a court-martial, held on the 10th of July, 1872, in the city of Philadelphia, whereby Pletcher was found guilty of “conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman,” and sentenced to be dismissed the service.
Bv Article 65 of the act of April 10, 1802,…
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