White v. United States

JoNes, GMef Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff here sues for certain retirement pay to which he asserts a right under the act of June 30, 1941, 55 Stat. 394, as amended by the act of May 4, 1945, 59 Stat. 135.

Plaintiff was discharged from the Regular Army in 1935, because of permanent physical disability. At the time of his discharge he was a corporal in the fifth pay grade, with over 20 years’ active service in the Army, including service as a commissioned officer in the grade of second lieutenant between August 1, 1918, and February 5, 1919. There was no provision in the law…