Danford v. United States

(Section 1309 of the Revised Statutes provides for one commandant of cadets at the Military Academy at West Point. The plaintiff was duly appointed by competent authority to the position of commandant of cadets at the Military Academy at West Point, and held said position for the period recited in the foregoing findings of fact. For two years he was paid the pay of a lieutenant colonel while holding said position. For two years he was not paid the pay of a lieutenant colonel, Congress having failed to appropriate the money necessary for that purpose.

Section 1334 of the Revised Statutes…