Legal Opinion
Schoonmaker v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided February 11, 1884No. 14009PublishedCited by 2 opinions
The Reporters’ statement of the case: This case the claimant brought by the voluntary filing of his petition. The amount in controversy being less than $3,000, no findings were filed by the court, but the facts will be found in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Drake, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
Under the authority of section 4671 of the Revised Statutes, the claimant, a commander in the United States Navy, was, on the 27th of November, 1874, ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to report to the Secretary of the Treasury for duty as light-house inspector of the eighth light-house district. Having so reported, he received from the Light-House Board the •following order, dated December 8, 1874:
“ Sir : Your letter of the 28th November to the Secretary of the Treasury reporting for duty under the Light-House Board has been referred to this…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Lemly v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1893
- Thompson v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1914