Legal Opinion
Engagement at Manila Bay
United States Court of Claims
Decided March 25, 1901No. Naval Bounty, 1PublishedCited by 1 opinion
The Reporters' statement of‘the case: The facts appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
Benjamin P. lamberton and Charles Y. Gridley.
The question presented is:
Is Lamberton, as fleet captain, entitled to share under paragraph third, taking one-hundredth part of all the bounty; *208or does ho share in proportion to his pay with the other officers and men on board the Olympia?
A petition has been presented by the administratrix of Charles V. Gridley, deceased, who served as captain of the Olympia at the time of the engagement, and her counsel has notified the Auditor that his client claims “for the captain’s estate in his capacity as captain and also as fleet captain.”
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- Gates v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1903