Spencer v. City of New York

Plaintiff brought this action to recover the difference between his military pay while he was in the Army and the pay which he would have received had he remained at home in his civilian position as a social investigator for the department of welfare. Defendant has paid to the plaintiff the difference between his Army pay and the salary he was receiving at the time he was ordered into active duty, but has excluded from consideration (1) the annual increments which plaintiff would have received in his city position if he had remained at home and (2) the cost-of-living bonuses which were…