McLarren v. United States

Littleton, Judge (Bet.),

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff brought this suit for an annuity under the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 22, 1920, 41 Stat. 614, as amended, 5 U.S.C. §§ 691-740a. He served in the classified civil service of the United States for ten years, eight months and seven days, from December 10, 1906 to August 17, 1917. He thereafter served as a commissioned officer in the Army for twenty-nine years, ten months and twelve days, from August 18, 1917 to June 30, 1947, on which date he was involuntarily retired from the Army because he was sixty years of age. He…