Scott v. United States

The plaintiff was retired in the rank of Lieutenant Commander of the United States Coast Guard on October 1, 1945, for physical disability. At the time and prior to his retirement his active-duty pay and allowances were at the rate of $662 per month. In this proceeding plaintiff seeks to recover the amount of his active-duty pay and allowances of which he was in receipt up to the time of his retirement for a period of 120'days after October 1, 1945, less his retired pay, on, the ground that he had accumulated that amount of leave at the rate of 30 days a year and such leave was illegally…