Campbell v. United States

Plaintiff sues for his retirement pay as a major, U, S. Army, which was suspended while he was employed by the United States Government in a civilian position.

The issue in this case now before the court is whether the Secretary of War approved the Army Retiring Board’s finding that plaintiff was disabled as a result of an explosion of an instrumentality of war in line of duty, thereby exempting plaintiff’s retired pay from the provisions of section 212 of the Economy Act of 1932, 47 Stat. 406, as amended, 54 Stat. 761. We are of the opinion from the record that the Secretary of War approved…