Manning v. United States

The plaintiff in this case was a first sergeant in a company of United States Disciplinary Barracks Guard, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.

The extra-duty pay for which plaintiff is here asserting a claim is for duty performed as overseer of general prisoners. He had performed this duty from the 1st of January, 1920, to the 1st of July, 1920, and had been allowed and paid extra-duty pay at the rate of 35 cents a day. The *197claim bere is for pay from the 1st of July, 1920, to June 30, 1921, for the same service.

Two questions are involved:

First. The meaning of the proviso contained in the fourth section of…