Curry v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporter’s statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, George A. Curry, was on and prior to March 23, 1909, a clerk in the Quartermaster’s Department of the Army, serving in the office of the chief quartermaster, Army of Cuban Pacification, Maj. Chauncey B. Baker, at Habana, Cuba, at $1,600 a year. II.
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On the Proofs. The Reporter’s statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, George A. Curry, was on and prior to March 23, 1909, a clerk in the Quartermaster’s Department of the Army, serving in the office of the chief quartermaster, Army of Cuban Pacification, Maj. Chauncey B. Baker, at Habana, Cuba, at $1,600 a year. II. At the time of the beginning of the performance of this service the Army Eegulations provided as follows: “ 736. Eeimbursement of actual expenses when traveling under competent orders will be allowed, under the…
1Opinion of the CourtBaRNey, J.
This is a suit by a clerk in the Quartermaster’s Department of the Army to recover the sum of $596.75 for reimbursement of expenses incurred by him while on duty at Washington, D. C., and Philadelphia, Pa., under orders of March 23 and April 8,1909, assigning him to duty in connection with the settlement of the accounts of Maj. Baker, as chief quartermaster, Army of Cuban Pacification. The plaintiff had theretofore been on duty at Habana, Cuba, with Maj. Baker, and the Quartermaster General directed his transfer to Washington, D. C., for such time as might be required in connection with the…
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- Leach v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1909
- Doyle v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1911