Jackson v. United States

Peelle, Ch. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court:

The claimant seeks to recover the difference between the sum of $1,200 per annum paid him from August 1, 1890, to June 30, 1897, and $1,300 per annum during the same period *40claimed by him, as averred in his petition, by reason of having been appointed “ superintendent of delivery ” at the post-office at Hartford, Conn., under the act of March 2, 1889, making appropriations for the Post-Oce Department. (25 Stat. L., 841, 842.)

By this act the Postmaster-General is authorized to classify and fix the salaries of the clerks and employees attached…