Chollar v. United States

Opinion per curiam:

Plaintiff was employed by the Military Sea Transportation Service as a chief engineer. He was discharged on May 17, 1952, but on appeal it was held that there was not sufficient cause to discharge him, and on September 22, 1952, he was notified that he was eligible for reemployment. He was reemployed on April 27, 1953. He sues for his salary in the interim, less the amount he had earned in other employment.

*339Plaintiff was in an “excepted” position. He did not come within the classified civil service; hence, he is not entitled to the benefit of the Act of August 24, 1912, 37…