Hunt v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters' statement of the case: The facts of this case appear sufficiently in the opinion of the court. The paper relied upon bjr the -Government in this case is strikingly similar in its terms to that which received such elaborate consideration in the case of San Francisco Letter Carriers v. United States (35 C. Gis. R., 223, 236). There the law conferred upon the letter carriers certain pay for overtime.
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On the Proofs. The Reporters' statement of the case: The facts of this case appear sufficiently in the opinion of the court. The paper relied upon bjr the -Government in this case is strikingly similar in its terms to that which received such elaborate consideration in the case of San Francisco Letter Carriers v. United States (35 C. Gis. R., 223, 236). There the law conferred upon the letter carriers certain pay for overtime. They waived it in consideration that the postmaster'would “allow the present schedule to remain in force.” It was held that any arrangement, made in advance, b}1- which…
1Opinion of the CourtPeelle, J.
The claimant, an enlisted man in the United States Navy, claims reimbursement for subsistence on the journejr from Taku, .China, the place of his discharge, to New York, the place of his enlistment, together with reimbursement for railroad fare from San Francisco to New York, amounting to $126.25.
The claimant enlisted in the Navy on board the U. S. S. Vermont; at New York, August 17, 1897, for a term of three years, and after passing the required physical examination he entered upon the discharge of his duties.
Prior to the expiration of his enlistment, to wit, October 7, 1897, and while the…
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- Rush v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1900
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