Palen v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: ' This case was transmitted to the court by the Secretary of the Treasury under the Revised Statutes, section 1063. The following are the order of the Secretary of War dissmissing and the order of the President reinstating the claimant as a hospital chaplain in the Army, the remaining facts of the case being stated in the opinion of the court: [General Orders No. 79.] “War Department, “Adjutant-General’s Oeeice, “ Washington, May 1,…
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The Reporters' statement of the case: ' This case was transmitted to the court by the Secretary of the Treasury under the Revised Statutes, section 1063. The following are the order of the Secretary of War dissmissing and the order of the President reinstating the claimant as a hospital chaplain in the Army, the remaining facts of the case being stated in the opinion of the court: [General Orders No. 79.] “War Department, “Adjutant-General’s Oeeice, “ Washington, May 1, 1865. “For reducing the number of general, field, and staff officers. “ It is ordered by the President that the resignation…
1Opinion of the CourtIvIChardson, J.
This action is brought by an officer of the Army, on the retired list, to recover the longevity pay according to the construction put upon section 1262 of the Bevised Statutes by the decision in'the case of Tyler v. The United States (16 C. Cls., 223, affirmed on appeal, 105 U. S. R., 244). With the pay which he has received in other respects he is content.
The controversies which arise aré as to the length of time for which his service is to be computed, and as to the right of the defendants to recover back the pay and allowances received by him for the period during which the defendants…
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