Woog v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. Plaintiff is the administrator of the estate of Benjamin B. Woog, deceased, who was a first lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps from July 1, 1899, to August 1, 1905. II. On June 20, 1904, the Secretary of the Navy , authorized the establishment of post exchanges at all marine barracks except where post traders were established.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. Plaintiff is the administrator of the estate of Benjamin B. Woog, deceased, who was a first lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps from July 1, 1899, to August 1, 1905. II. On June 20, 1904, the Secretary of the Navy , authorized the establishment of post exchanges at all marine barracks except where post traders were established. The Navy Regulations in force when the shortage hereinafter mentioned occurred provided that an officer appointed by the commanding officer should be post…
1Opinion of the CourtHowkx, J.
This is a proceeding on behalf of the administrator of a deceased officer of the Marine Corps to recover of and from the defendants on behalf of the estate of the deceased officer as a disbursing officer on duty at Guam an amount of money that was deducted in the settlement of the accounts of Benj. B. Woog as such disbursing officer in charge of certain funds committed to him by authority of the United States. The findings show that there was a shortage in the funds officially *86held by the disbursing officer to the extent of, the amount deducted and that the money was lost through the…
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