Legal Opinion
United States v. Tyler
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 13, 1882No. 1075PublishedCited by 89 opinions
Appeal from the Court of Claims. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
The question in this case is, whether the appellee, who, on the fifteenth day of December, 1870, was retired from the army of the United States with the rank of. captain, on account of wounds received in battle, is entitled to the benefit of the statute which increases the pay of officers by ten per cent for every period of five years’service.
The law for this increased compensation is thus expressed in the Revised Statutes: —
“ Sect. 1262. There shall be allowed and paid to each commissioned officer below the rank of brigadier-general, including • chaplains, and others having assimilated rank…
2Cited by89 opinions
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