Grimley v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: No findings were filed in this case, but the facts will be found stated in thé opinion of the court. In February, 1888, the petitioner, by trade a horse-trainer, arrived in Boston in search of employment, and read an advertisement in the newspapers calling for men for the United States mounted service. Thinking service in the cavalry might be suitable, he went to the United States recruiting office in Boston to inquire into the matter.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: No findings were filed in this case, but the facts will be found stated in thé opinion of the court. In February, 1888, the petitioner, by trade a horse-trainer, arrived in Boston in search of employment, and read an advertisement in the newspapers calling for men for the United States mounted service. Thinking service in the cavalry might be suitable, he went to the United States recruiting office in Boston to inquire into the matter. Tbe Supreme Court of the United States, In re Grim,ley (137 U. S., 151), found that the claimant’s enlistment on February…
1Opinion of the CourtHowry, J.
The demand in this case is for arrearages of soldier’s pay and allowance under an enlistment in the mounted service of the Army. The amount claimed is $858.25 for thirty-sis months’ pay, including a small sum alleged to have been paid by the jietitioner to the Government under protest; and for allowances in rations and clothing after making deductions for a period of desertion on account of pay forfeited by the sentence of a court-martial, and deducting also for this period for forfeitures on account of rations and clothing according to the sentence.
The petition alleges the enlistment of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re GrimleySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- United States v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- United States v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Smith v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1866