McNulty v. United States

Plaintiff, a World War I veteran with a service-connected disability, sues to recover $5,071.20, representing salary of which he alleges he was illegally deprived for the period November 18, 1946, to August 25, 1948, on the ground that certain rights and privileges accorded him as a veteran by Section 14 of the Veterans’ Preference Act of 1944, 58 Stat. 387, 390; 5 U. S. C. (1946 Ed.) § 863, were violated.

Plaintiff was employed in a position designated as a Storekeeper, CAF-5, at MacDill Field, Tampa, Florida. In October of 1946 a position classification survey of certain positions at the…