Moffitt v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

Plaintiff sued for a balance of wages claimed pursuant to a regulation of defendant prescribing for its employees what it called “leave of absence with pay.” He was employed on September 28, 1918, to work at Philadelphia. At that date the regulation provided that “employees may be granted leave of absence with pay at the rate of 2% days for each calendar month of service.” On January 22, 1919, the first change in the regulation during plaintiff’s employment was made, limiting such leave to “30 days for each service year,” and providing that “unconsumed leave with pay that…