United States v. Redgrave
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The facts of the case brought here by this appeal, as .found by the Court of Claims, were in substance as follows: In 1877 the appellee, who was the claimantr below, entered the Naval Academy as a cadet-engineer, and on June 10, 1881, received a certificate signed by- its officers that he had completed the prescribed course of study at the academy and had successfully passed the required examination before the academic board.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The facts of the case brought here by this appeal, as .found by the Court of Claims, were in substance as follows: In 1877 the appellee, who was the claimantr below, entered the Naval Academy as a cadet-engineer, and on June 10, 1881, received a certificate signed by- its officers that he had completed the prescribed course of study at the academy and had successfully passed the required examination before the academic board. He was on the same date detached from the academy and ordered to report for duty on board the U. S. practice steamer Mayflower. On…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
In order to understand the operation of the act of August 5, 1882, upon the status of cadet-engineers, at the time it took effect, it will be necessary to consider what that was, according to laws then in force. That class or grade in the naval service owes its origin to provisions of law, now contained in the Re-, vised Statutes, as follows:
“Sec. 1522. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to make provision, by regulations issued by him, for educating at the Naval Academy, as naval-constructors or steam-engineers, such midshipmen, and others, as may show a peculiar aptitude therefor. lie…
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