Hull v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters'1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, John A. Hull, was appointed judge-advocate in the Volunteer Army of the United States under the provisions of section 10 of the act of April 22, 1898 (30 Stat. L., 362; 2 Supp. R. S., 743), with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He accepted his commission as such May 17, 1898, at his home, Des Moines, Iowa.
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On the Proofs. The Reporters'1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, John A. Hull, was appointed judge-advocate in the Volunteer Army of the United States under the provisions of section 10 of the act of April 22, 1898 (30 Stat. L., 362; 2 Supp. R. S., 743), with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He accepted his commission as such May 17, 1898, at his home, Des Moines, Iowa. Pie served as such from that date until April 14,1899, when, being- then at Manila, in the Philippine Islands, he was discharged by virtue of paragraph 46 of…
1Opinion of the CourtPeelle, J.
The claim in this case was transmitted to the court by the Secretary of the Treasury at the request of the Auditor for the War Department under section 2, act of March 3, 1883 (22 Stat. L., 485), as involving controverted questions of law upon which the' Department desires the opinion of the court for its guidance and action.
The controverted questions of law, as stated by the Auditor, are as follows:
“1. Was an officer who was appointed a judge-advocate in the Volunteer Army of the United States, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, under the provisions of section 10 of the act of Congress…
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