United States v. Alger
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. These were petitions for a rehearing of two cases decided January 22, 1894, and reported in 151 U. S. 362 and 366. In Alger’s case the petition said : “ In this case the claimant was appointed cadet midshipman September 22, 1876; graduated June 22, 1882, and promoted to midshipman the same, day; commissioned ensign June 26, 1884. He resigned November 10, 1890, and on November 11, 1890, was appointed professor of mathematics, to rank from…
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APPEALS FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. These were petitions for a rehearing of two cases decided January 22, 1894, and reported in 151 U. S. 362 and 366. In Alger’s case the petition said : “ In this case the claimant was appointed cadet midshipman September 22, 1876; graduated June 22, 1882, and promoted to midshipman the same, day; commissioned ensign June 26, 1884. He resigned November 10, 1890, and on November 11, 1890, was appointed professor of mathematics, to rank from November 1, 1890. The claimant was given credit on his commission as ensign for his service as cadet midshipman and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
These two cases were decided at the present term in favor of the United States, upon the ground that under the act of March 3, 1883, c. 97, (22 Stat. 473,) an officer of the navy, who resigns one office the day before his appointment to a higher one, though in a different branch of the service, is only entitled to longevity pay as of the lowest grade, having graduated pay, held by him since he originally entered the service. 151 U.,S. 362, 366.
The principal grounds of the petitions for rehearing, and the only ones which require to be noticed, were not suggested in the briefs upon which the…
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