Bradshaw v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tlie case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. From the 1st July, 1875, to 30th June, 1876, the claimant served as a private of the Capitol police, and received a monthly compensation of $116.66, or $1,400 per annum. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of tlie case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. From the 1st July, 1875, to 30th June, 1876, the claimant served as a private of the Capitol police, and received a monthly compensation of $116.66, or $1,400 per annum. II. He received his compensation at the end of each month, and at the time signed a receipt in full in the following form: “We, the subscribers, acknowledge to have received from George 0. Gorham, Secretary U. S. Senate, the sums opposite our respective names, in full of our salaries as Capitol policemen and watchmen for…
1Opinion of the CourtEichardsoN, J.
The claimant was a private in the Capitol police from July 1, 1875, to June 30,1876, both inclusive, and has received the full amount of compensation for that service, $1,400, as appropriated by. Congress in the “Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the year ending June 30,1876, and for other purposes,” approved March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. L., 345). He brings this action to recover $1S4 more, on the grounds, as urged by his counsel, that at the time of the passage of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act of…
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