Morey v. United States

This suit was brought to recover compensation as a letter carrier of the city of Chicago at an increased pay .to what has been paid the claimant.

The facts are, briefly, as follows:

On the day named in the petition, to wit, the 1st of January, 1893, the claimant was appointed from the position of senior substitute on the list of substitute letter carriers of the Chicago post-office to the position of letter carrier at the Chicago post-office; detailed to duty at the World’s Fair station, at a salary of $600 per annum, and served' at said station until the day named in his petition. The city of…