Beuhring v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters'1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. During the time hereinafter mentioned the claimant was a letter carrier of the class entitled to a salary of $850 per annum at the post-office at Huntington, W. Va., II.
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The Reporters'1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. During the time hereinafter mentioned the claimant was a letter carrier of the class entitled to a salary of $850 per annum at the post-office at Huntington, W. Va., II. On February 15, 1900, the claimant was suspended from duty without pay by the postmaster at that place for a quarrel and fight with á man 60 years of age, which quarrel was in no way connected with the service, and for which he was fined by the mayor of said town $5, and was not per-mittecl to return to duty until March…
1Opinion of the Court
Peelle, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
This is the claim of a letter carrier for thirty days’ pay withheld from him while suspended from duty by the postmaster at Huntington, W. Va., with the subsequent approval of the First Assistant Postmaster-General. The claimant was suspended February 15, 1900, and while not in terms without pay the First Assistant Postmaster-General on February 29, 1900, in his approval did so express it and as the *406claimant testifies that bis suspension was without pay, wo have so found. The suspension, as conceded by both parties, was under section 625 of…
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