Royce v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporten? statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant is a citizen of the United States and an officer of the United States Navy, at present assigned to duty at the Naval Home, in the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania. II.
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The Reporten? statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant is a citizen of the United States and an officer of the United States Navy, at present assigned to duty at the Naval Home, in the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania. II. On February 18, 1881, the claimant was duly appointed a chaplain in the United States Navy from civil life, and at all times thereafter has held that office and performed the duties thereof which have been assigned to him. During the period of five 3rears next ensuing his said appointment his…
1Opinion of the CourtPeelle, J.
The claimant, a chaplain in the United States Navy, seeks to recover the difference between the pay he received under Revised Statutes, section 1556, during his first five years’ service, and the additional pay he now claims under the act of March 3, 1899, section 13. (30 Stat. L., 1004, 1007.)
The facts, about which there is no controversy, are that, on February 18, 1881, the^claimant was appointed from civil life a chaplain in the United States Navy, and has ever since held that office, performed its duties, and received the pay attached thereto. Section 13, upon which the claimant grounds…
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- Hawkins v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1884
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