United States v. Gay

This appeal is for the review of a judgment of the Court of Claims for the sum of $10,302.52 in favor of the ap-pellee for pay as a machinist on the retired list of the Navy from May 1, 1916, to June 13, 1922, at the rate of $1,687.50 per year.

It is contested by the United States on the ground that Gay had ceased to be an American citizen. For this the Act of March 2, 1907, c. 2534, 34 Stat. 1228, is adduced, and that he, having expatriated himself, abandoned his office as machinist in the Navy, the law and regulations requiring that officers of the Navy must in all cases be American…