Robbins v. United States

Plaintiff seeks to recover flying pay of Captain Oliver K. Bobbins, Air Corps, Begular Army, for the period June 1 to October 7, 1937, in the amount of $687.91, under section 2 of the act of July 2, 1926 (44 Stat.-781) and section 3 of the act of June 16, 1936 (49 Stat. 1524). The 1926 act provided as follows:

Officers and enlisted men of the Army shall receive an increase of 50 per centum of their pay when by orders of competent authority they are required to participate regularly and frequently in aerial flights, and when in consequence of such orders they do participate in regular and…