Equitable Trust Co. v. United States

*261Opinion

per cwriam:

Plaintiffs, as executors of the last will and testament of Jobn W. Heisse, brought suit to recover the difference between the active duty pay and allowances of a lieutenant colonel with over 27 years’ service, and the retired pay of a captain with over 6 years’ service, for the period from December 14, 1945, through June 12, 1946.

Lt. Col. Heisse’s first tour of active duty in the Army began with his appointment as a second lieutenant on August 15, 1917, in the Officers’ Eeserve Corps. On November 10, 1917, decedent accepted an appointment as a second lieutenant in the…