Hoffman v. United States

Plaintiff graduated from the Naval Academy on June 3, 1910, was commissioned an ensign as of March 7, 1912, and thereafter served continuously in successive grades in the Navy until July 28, 1923, when he voluntarily resigned therefrom, being at the time a lieutenant commander. On March 3, 1927, on representations made to Congress that plaintiff had incurred disability in the line of duty, the act of March 3, 1927, set forth in petition, was passed for his relief. This act authorized the President to appoint plaintiff a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy and place him upon the…