Cain v. United States

SULLIVAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff brings this suit under Section 41(20), 28 U.S.C.A. (section 24(20) of the Judicial Code, as amended,) commonly known as the “Tucker Act,” wherein she seeks to recover the sum of $297.12 claimed to be due her on account of accumulated annual leave to which, as a civilian employee of the Federal Government she alleges she was entitled under the provisions of Title 5 U.S.C.A. Sections 61b and 61d.

The complaint sets out that on October 24, 1944, because of absence in the military service of Judge Minton’s regular secretary, she was appointed by Judge Sherman…