Schreiner v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, Josephine L. Schreiner, is a citizen of the United States and a resident of the District of Columbia, and is the administratrix of Francis M. Schreiner, deceased. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, Josephine L. Schreiner, is a citizen of the United States and a resident of the District of Columbia, and is the administratrix of Francis M. Schreiner, deceased. II. From July 19, 1864, to September 80, 1869, inclusive, said Francis M. Schreiner was employed from civil life in the Commissary Department of the United States Army in the capacities of messenger, collector, and clerk. From April 1, 1810, to August 5, 1882, he was employed in the Quartermaster’s Department of the…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
The single question involved in this suit is whether service as a clerk and messenger in the Quartermaster’s and Subsistence departments of the army is such service as to entitle one to longevity pay under the act of February 24, 1881 (21 Stat. L., 346), which is in the following language: “And the actual time of service in the army or navy, or both, shall be allowed all officers in computing their pay.”
Claimant’s decedent, Francis M. Schreiner, served as a clerk in the commissary department of the United States Army from July 19, 1863, to September 30, 1869, and from April 1,1870, to August…
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- United States v. HendeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
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