Laws v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. Claimant is an officer in the Navy of the United States, to wit, a chief engineer. His naval record is as follows: Third assistant engineer, March 19,1858; second assistant engineer, December 1,1860; first assistant engineer, July 21,1866; chief engineer, March 21,1870. II.
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The Reporters1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. Claimant is an officer in the Navy of the United States, to wit, a chief engineer. His naval record is as follows: Third assistant engineer, March 19,1858; second assistant engineer, December 1,1860; first assistant engineer, July 21,1866; chief engineer, March 21,1870. II. On May 2,1863, claimant, then serving as second assistant engineer on board the U. S. S. Wabash, was tried before a general court-martial and sentenced to be dismissed from the naval service. Said sentence was approved…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
This case involves the application and construction of two acts of Congress, the Aet of March 3, 1875 (1 Sup., R. S., 2d ed., p. 401), and the naval longevity pay statutes of 1883 (1 Supp., R. S., 2d ed., p. 401). Whatever rights the claimant *72may have against the United States grow out of those two statutes. The act of 1875 is as follows:
“AN ACT for tire relief of E. Laws, chief engineer, United. States Navy.
uJBe it enacted by the Senate cmd Souse of Representatives of the United States of America im, Congress assembled, That the services of Elijah Laws as first assistant engineer of the…
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- Brown v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1883
- Young v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1884