Watson v. United States

Littleton, Judge, and Madden, Judge,

dissenting:

We would grant plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend her petition. The proposed amendment does not alter the nature or extent of plaintiff’s claim but merely alters the original petition to show the correct statutory authority for the regulations on which plaintiff bases her claim, i. e., the act of March 3, 1871, R. S. 1753, 16 Stat. 495, 514, the act of January 16, 1883, 22 Stat. 463, and R. S. 161, 5 U. S. C. 22, and to eliminate all reference to the Lloyd-LaFollette Act of August 24, 1912, 37 Stat. 539, 555. Although the majority is of the…