Reynolds v. United States

Plaintiff claims that under section 3 of the Act of January 12,1923, 42 Stat. 1130, when that section is interpreted in the light of the entire act and in the light of other relevant statutes, he was and is entitled to additional retired pay of $1,500 per annum inasmuch as that section provided that when a commissioned officer of the Coast Guard who has had forty years’ service shall retire he shall be placed on the retired list with the rank and retired pay of one grade above that actually held by him at the time of retirement. Plaintiff insists that this was a special provision for the…