Andrews v. United States

Each of the plaintiffs was an employee of the Alaska Eoad Commission whose rate of pay was set by a wage board. Each presented to the Comptroller General of the. United States a claim for overtime pay to which he claimed he was entitled under Section 23 of the Act of March 28, 1934, 48 Stat. 522. The Comptroller General, after consideration of the claims, sent each of the plaintiffs a “Notice of. Settlement of Claims,” stating a specified sum to which, the. Comptroller General had concluded, the claimant was entitled. None of the claims were paid, because there was no appropriated money…