United States v. Ross
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. The facts, which involve the construction and application of statutes of the United States and military regulations in regard to conduct of military hospitals, and the right of an enlisted man to extra pay for services in connection-with a military hospital, áre stated in thé opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
The United States brings this appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims awarding to Cecil D. Ross the sum of $303.45, as extra pay while he was in charge of the telegraph and telephone office at the general hospital, Presidio of San Francisco. 49 Ct. Cl. 55.
The facts found by the court were in substance as follows: The claimant enlisted on April 25, 1900, as an infantry private in the United States Army; he was transferred to the Hospital Corps and on November 8, 1900, to the general hospital at the Presidio where he was placed in charge of the telegraph and. telephone office by verbal…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ross v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1913
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