Boerner v. United States

MOSCOWITZ, District Judge.

The petitioner, a former chauffeur-carrier in the United States Post Office in Long Island City, New York, Seeks to recover, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 724, 5 U.S.C.A. § 724, the sum of $720.35 representing the amount of deductions from his salary by the Civil Service Commission for pension purposes. The answer of the United States sets up a counterclaim in the amount of $722.35 for losses on C.O.D. and insured articles undelivered to persons on the petitioner’s route.

The government, in addition, sets up certain defenses to the effect that the petition will not lie under…