Young v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case : This case the claimant brought by the voluntary filing of his petition. The following are the facts as found by the court: I. The claimant has been an officer of the United States Navy since the date he was commissioned as master. His present rank is that of lieutenant, junior grade. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case : This case the claimant brought by the voluntary filing of his petition. The following are the facts as found by the court: I. The claimant has been an officer of the United States Navy since the date he was commissioned as master. His present rank is that of lieutenant, junior grade. II. February 20, 1879, the following letter of nomination was sent to the Senate by the President: “ To the Senate of the United States: “ Whereas section 1506 of the Revised Statutes provides that any officer of the Navy, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
On March 3, 1879, the President commissioned the claimant a master in the Navy, reciting in the commission—
“I do appoint him a master in the Navy from the 24th of November, 1877, in the service of the United States.”
It is insisted by the claimant that.for the purpose of pay the commission in legal effect bears dale on the 24th of November, 1877, and not on the 3d day of March, 1879, when it purports to be signed by the President.
It is alleged in the petition of the claimant—
“That from and after November 24, 1882, he was entitled to be paid as after five years from the date of his commission…
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