Amundson v. United States

LITTLETON, Judge.

Plaintiffs, all employees of the United States Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, have instituted this suit claiming back salary in the amount of $700 each. Defendant has moved to dismiss the petition on the grounds (1) that the claims are barred by the six-year statute of limitation, and (2) that the petition fails to state a cause of action. The facts are undisputed and are as follows:

Plaintiffs as mail handlers took and successfully completed on March 14, 1945, a noncompetitive examination for the position of postal clerk and were on that date, for seniority purposes,…