Allen v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters'1 statement of- the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, Charles C. Allen, entered the military service of the United States as first lieutenant of the Twenty-eighth Regiment U. S. Volunteers, at Philadelphia, Pa., on July 17, 1899, and was discharged from such service at Zam-boanga, P. I., on June 30, 1901. At the time when his regiment was ordered to the United States for muster out the claimant was retained by…
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The Reporters'1 statement of- the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, Charles C. Allen, entered the military service of the United States as first lieutenant of the Twenty-eighth Regiment U. S. Volunteers, at Philadelphia, Pa., on July 17, 1899, and was discharged from such service at Zam-boanga, P. I., on June 30, 1901. At the time when his regiment was ordered to the United States for muster out the claimant was retained by proper military authority in the islands for special duty until the date of his muster out as aforesaid, when he was…
1Opinion of the Court
Peelle, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
This claim is before the court by reference by the Secretary of the Treasury October 24,1904, under the act of March 3, 1883 (22 Stat. L., 485), known as the Bowman Act, on the recommendation of the Comptroller for an advisory opinion.
The claimant, though duly notified of the reference of the claim more than thirty days prior to January 22, 1908, the date said case was submitted, has failed to appear and file his petition herein, in respect to which rule 30 of the court provides: “ If no claimant directly or indirectly interested appears and…
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