Culver v. United States

Plaintiff brought this action to recover increase of pay from August 15, 1921 to June 30, 1922, under the Army Reorganization Act of June 4, 1920, § 13a, c. 227, 41 Stat. 759, 768. The Court of Claims made findings' of fact, held him not entitled to recover and dismissed thé petition.

That section provided that officers and enlisted men of the Army should receive an increase of 50 per centum of their pay while on duty requiring them to participate regularly and frequently in aerial flights. Plaintiff was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Service, and was rated as an airplane pilot. For some time…