United States v. Thomas
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. ■. This was a petition for certain allowances claimed to be due petitioner as a captain in the United States Navy, under act of-March 3, 1899, 30 Stat. 1004, equalizing the pay of army and "navy officers, and known as the Navy Personnel Act.
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APPEALS FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. ■. This was a petition for certain allowances claimed to be due petitioner as a captain in the United States Navy, under act of-March 3, 1899, 30 Stat. 1004, equalizing the pay of army and "navy officers, and known as the Navy Personnel Act. The findings of fact are too long to be here reproduced, but the several items claimed by petitioner, and from the disposition of which these appeals are taken, are cited by counsel in their brief and by the Court of Claims as follows: 1. From May 26, 1900, to March 1, 1901, he was paid sea pay of a captain, at $4500 a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This case depends upon the construction given to section 13 of the Navy Personnel Act, declaring that “after June 30, 1899, commissioned officers of the line of the navy and of the medical and pay corps shall receive the same pay and allowances, except forage, as are or may be provided by or in pursuance of law for officers of corresponding rank in the army.” The object of this act can best be understood by considering the prior legislation of Congress upon the same general subject, and the circumstances under which the act was passed. By the act of July 16, 1862, Rev. Stat. § 1466, the…
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