Patterson v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters statement of the ease : The following are tbe facts of tliis case as found by the court: I. The claimant intestate served continuously as a commissioned officer in the U. S. Army from August 1, 1885, to ' November 30, 1888. Prior to August 1, 1885, he completed twenty years’ time of service in the U. S. Army.
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The Reporters statement of the ease : The following are tbe facts of tliis case as found by the court: I. The claimant intestate served continuously as a commissioned officer in the U. S. Army from August 1, 1885, to ' November 30, 1888. Prior to August 1, 1885, he completed twenty years’ time of service in the U. S. Army. From August 1,1885, to November 30, 1888, he, in addition to the pay of his grade, was paid (without Tyler increase) only three of the longevity 10 per centum increments thereon, as defined and allowed in U. S. Revised Statutes, § 1262. From August 1, 1885, to November…
1Opinion of the CourtNott, J.
The Treasury accounts are popularly said to be always open. But a restated account may and often does consist of two classes of charges: First, errors and omissions which appear on the face of the account, as where an officer is credited with a larger salary than the statute has fixed, or where there is some error of calculation or omission to carry out a charge which is stated in the account. Second, of errors,and omissions which are in fact new charges, founded on evidence, documentary or otherwise, that has come to the ppssession or notice of the accounting officers since the original…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hillborn v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1892