Geddes v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporter £ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. At the time of the passage of the act, 6th June, 1900 (31 Stat. L., 554), the claimant was, and had been for three years, chief clerk of the Department of Agriculture, receiving a salary of |2,500 a year, and has still held, and now holds, the same position. II.
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On the Proofs. The Reporter £ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. At the time of the passage of the act, 6th June, 1900 (31 Stat. L., 554), the claimant was, and had been for three years, chief clerk of the Department of Agriculture, receiving a salary of |2,500 a year, and has still held, and now holds, the same position. II. On the 14th January, 1901, the claimant was appointed and commissioned by the President captain of infantry, to rank as such from the 18th day of December, 1900; and on the 21st January, 1901, he accepted the…
1Opinion of the Court
Nott, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The claimant brings this action to recover his pay as a captain of infantry upon the retired list. It is conceded that he *442wan appointed to the office under the Act of 6th -June, 1900 (31 Stat. L., 554), and that he holds the office, and that he has not been paid the pay or salary of the office.
The first ground of defense rests upon what is termed a renunciation of the pay given by the claimant to the Paymaster-General as a condition to his receiving the salary of chief clerk of the Department of Agriculture. The so-called renunciation contains…
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