Ryan v. United States

delivered the opinion of the Court..

Ryan, the claimant and- appellant, by his amended petition in the Court of Claims, sought to recover from the United States $3,465, being $1.00 per diem from April 16, 1910, to and including October 10, 1919. He was during that period a customs inspector' at New York, and recéived $4.00 per day. He says that by law he was entitled to $5.00 per day, and he brings suit to recover the difference. The Court of Claims gave judgment'for the. Government. The question for our decision is what was Ryan’s lawful compensation during this period of nine and a half…