Barrett v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: The facts of .the case appear sufficiently in the opinion of the court. While not designated, on the roster as chief clerk, claimant was not only recognized by the postmaster as such, and performed the usual duties of a chief clerk at a second-class post-office, but, what is of greater importance in this connection, was the highest paid clerk under the postmaster, there being but one other clerk at the office, who was designated as a “…
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The Reporters' statement of the case: The facts of .the case appear sufficiently in the opinion of the court. While not designated, on the roster as chief clerk, claimant was not only recognized by the postmaster as such, and performed the usual duties of a chief clerk at a second-class post-office, but, what is of greater importance in this connection, was the highest paid clerk under the postmaster, there being but one other clerk at the office, who was designated as a “ stamper,” and was paid the legal salary of that position. It will be observed that the classification of second-class…
1Opinion of the CourtPeelle, J.
A recovery is sought in this case for the difference between $600 per annum paid the claimant as clerk in the post-office at Washington, Ind., an office of the second class, and the *46minimum salary of $700 per annum as chief clerk, which he claims from July 1, 1894, to April 25, 1897, as provided by the act of March 2, 1889. (1 Supp. Rev. Stats., 679, 682.)
The facts in the case, about which there is no controvers3r, are that the claimant was appointed a clerk in said post-office, and from July 1, 1894, to April 25, 1897, he served in said office under designations stated on the roster approved…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Belcher v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1899
- Moore v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1868
- United States v. MullanSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
3Cited by3 opinions
- Coleman v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1943
- Jackson v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1906
- Gayhart v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1936