Weller v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: i. The claimant, after having been recommended for appointment as midshipman from the Eleventh Congressional District of New York, subscribed the following oath and agreement: “ UNITED States Naval Academy.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: i. The claimant, after having been recommended for appointment as midshipman from the Eleventh Congressional District of New York, subscribed the following oath and agreement: “ UNITED States Naval Academy. “ I, Emery Clayton Weller, of the State of New York? aged 18^% years, having been appointed a midshipman, do hereby engage, with the consent of my parent (or guardian), that I will serve in the Navy of the United States for eight years, unless sooner discharged by competent authority. “And…
1Opinion of the CourtBaeNet, J.
The claimant in this case was, on the 19th day of June, 1903, appointed a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy, upon the nomination of the member of Congress from the Eleventh District of New York, such appointment being made by direction of the President. The claimant remained thereafter at the Naval Academy as a member of the fourth class until June 10, 1904, when he completed his annual examination and became a member of the third class, and while a member of the latter class and on the 3d day of February, 1905, his dismissal from the Academy was recommended by the Superintendent…
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