Melvin v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters'1 statement of tbe case: Tbe following are tbe facts of this case as found by tbe court: • I. On the 13th of June, 1904, tbe claimant was duly appointed a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy and entered upon and performed his duties as such midshipman until dismissed, as hereafter shown, on the 6th of February, 1906. At the time of said dismissal his pay was $500 per annum, and his allowances were 30 cents per day, being commutation price of the navy…
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The Reporters'1 statement of tbe case: Tbe following are tbe facts of this case as found by tbe court: • I. On the 13th of June, 1904, tbe claimant was duly appointed a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy and entered upon and performed his duties as such midshipman until dismissed, as hereafter shown, on the 6th of February, 1906. At the time of said dismissal his pay was $500 per annum, and his allowances were 30 cents per day, being commutation price of the navy ration; and there remains due to him for such pay and allowances the sum of $1,217.32 unless he was validly dismissed by…
1Opinion of the CourtBooth, J.
George Herbert Melvin, the claimant herein, was on June 13, 1904, duly appointed a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy. On February 6, 1906, the claimant was dismissed from the academy and from the naval service of the United States. Claimant’s dismissal was the result of a charge of hazing, preferred against him by the superintendent of the academy. The specifications, four in number, Avere: Causing certain midshipmen of the fourth class to stand on their heads, to hang from a locker, to do a physical *216exercise known as the “sixteenth,” and the use of abusive language to one of said…
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- Weller v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1906