United States v. Crosley
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. This case was tried in the Court of Claims 'upon a petition filed to recover pay for services in the United States Navy, rendered by the defendant in error, while he was a lieutenant of the junior grade and acting as aid to Rear-Admiral Watson, then serving with the rank of rear-admiral in the nine higher numbers of that grade, and, under section 1466 of the Revised Statutes, entitled to rank with, a major-general in the Ariny.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. This case was tried in the Court of Claims 'upon a petition filed to recover pay for services in the United States Navy, rendered by the defendant in error, while he was a lieutenant of the junior grade and acting as aid to Rear-Admiral Watson, then serving with the rank of rear-admiral in the nine higher numbers of that grade, and, under section 1466 of the Revised Statutes, entitled to rank with, a major-general in the Ariny. The claimant alleges that he should have received from the. first, day of July, 1899, to the eighth day' of September, 1899— $1,500…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
The decision of this case turns upon the answers to two questions arising under the facts stated. First, was the claimant entitled to the extra two hundred dollars, the same as allowed an aid to'a major-general in the Army? Second, was he entitled to the “mounted pay” as allowed to the major-general’s aid?
The .Navy Personnel Act, so called, has been so frequently before this court in recent cases as to require little general discussion of its objects and purposes. Rodgers v. United States, 185 U. S. 83; White v. United States, 191 U. S. 545; Gibson v. United States, 194 U. S. 182; United…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Rodgers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- White v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Gibson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- United States v. ThomasSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
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