United States v. Morton
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Charles Morton was appointed a conditional cadet in the. service of the United States on March 6th, 1865, and was admitted as a conditional cadet'on July 1st, 1865, into the United States Military Academy at "West Point, and received his warrant as a cadet, signed by the Secretary of "War, in January, 1866, stating that he had been appointed by the President a qadet of the United States Military Academy, to rank as such from July 1st, 1865.…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Charles Morton was appointed a conditional cadet in the. service of the United States on March 6th, 1865, and was admitted as a conditional cadet'on July 1st, 1865, into the United States Military Academy at "West Point, and received his warrant as a cadet, signed by the Secretary of "War, in January, 1866, stating that he had been appointed by the President a qadet of the United States Military Academy, to rank as such from July 1st, 1865. On the 1st of July, 1865, when he was so admitted as a conditional cadet, he entered into an agreement, as required by…
1Opinion of the Court
Me; Justice Blatchford
delivered the opinion of the court. He stated the facts in the foregoing language, and continued:
It is provided as follows by § 1262 of the Revised Statutes : “ There shall be allowed and paid to each commissioned officer below the rank of brigadier-general . . . ten per centum of their current yearly pay for each term of five years of ser vice.” In the acts of February 24th, 1881, 21 Stat. 346, and June 30th, 1882, 22 Stat. 118, making appropriations for the support of the army, under the head, “ For pay of the army,” gross sums are appropriated for, among other things,…
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