Hermann v. United States

Plaintiff seeks to recover $8,000 disability compensation alleged to have been illegally withheld and applied in payment of a fine in that amount due the United States.

Plaintiff was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona for violation of the U. S. Postal Laws (18 U. S. C. 338a) and on November 19, 1934, was sentenced to prison and fined $3,000.

Prior to 1934 plaintiff, a veteran of World War I, having incurred disability under circumstances which entitled him to disability compensation from the U. S. Veterans’ Administration under certain acts of Congress,…