Price v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The plaintiff, Thomas Brooke Price, was enrolled in the United States Naval Reserve Force August 3, 1917, as seaman second class, at the navy yard, Washington, D. C. He was promoted to the rank of ensign October 5, 1917, while holding the rating of seaman second class, and executed oath and acceptance of office of ensign in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve October 5, 1917.…
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The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The plaintiff, Thomas Brooke Price, was enrolled in the United States Naval Reserve Force August 3, 1917, as seaman second class, at the navy yard, Washington, D. C. He was promoted to the rank of ensign October 5, 1917, while holding the rating of seaman second class, and executed oath and acceptance of office of ensign in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve October 5, 1917. On the last-named date he was detached from the Navy rifle range, fifth naval district, and ordered to Annapolis for…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, Chief Justice
The act of August 29, 1916, 39 Stat., 589, provides a gratuity for uniform to officers of the Naval Reserve Force, and this gratuity was credited to plaintiff, was afterwards checked against his account, was again credited, and again checked against his account, and he now sues for it. There can be no doubt that he is entitled to the amount claimed, unless he is to be deprived of it because of the provision in the act “that should any member of the Naval Reserve Force sever his connection with the service without compulsion on the part of the Government before the expiration of his term of…
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