MacInnis v. United States

The question in this case concerns the right of the plaintiff, while serving in the Naval Reserve, to recover under the provisions of the act of May 23, 1930, 46 Stat. 375, the difference in pay of a lieutenant and a lieutenant, junior grade, for the period July 1 to December 20, 1918.

On December 20, 1918, the plaintiff, while serving as a dental surgeon with the rank of lieutenant, junior grade, accepted an assignment to the grade of dental surgeon (provisional) with the rank of lieutenant in the Naval Reserve, effective July 1, 1918, and executed the oath of office. He, thereafter, drew the…