Engard v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporteri statement of the case: The following- are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On the 11th day of February, 1897, the claimant was a chief engineer in the United States Navy on the active list, performing duty on the U. S.- It. S. Richmond, at League Island, Pa.
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On the Proofs. The Reporteri statement of the case: The following- are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On the 11th day of February, 1897, the claimant was a chief engineer in the United States Navy on the active list, performing duty on the U. S.- It. S. Richmond, at League Island, Pa. On February 11, 1897, the following order was issued to him: “4915L-G “ NAVY DEPARTMENT, “ Washington, February 11, 1897. “Sir: Report, by letter, to the president of the Steel Inspection Board, navy-yard, Washington, D. C., for temporary duty in connection with the inspection of steel tubes for…
1Opinion of the Court
Nott, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The statute relating to sea pay (Rev. Stat., 1571) is sweeping in its terms, but in neither departmental nor judicial construction has it been taken literally.
A ship at anchor is not a ship at sea; a ship sailing up a river is not a ship at sea; a ship in service on inland waters is not a ship at sea; a ship hauled up on a dry dock in a foreign *716port is not a snip at sea; a ship fighting her way up the Mississippi in 1862 was not a ship at sea; yet in all of these cases it has been held by the accounting officers or the courts that officers…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Symonds v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1886
- McGowan v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1901
- Collins v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1902
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- Doyle v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1911