UNITED STATES v. PERKINS


116 U.S. 483 (1886)

UNITED STATES v. PERKINS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 25, 1886.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Maury for appellant.

Mr. J.W. Douglass for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court.

The object of this suit was to recover $100 as the salary of the plaintiff as a cadet-engineer of the Navy, from June 30, 1883, to September 1, 1883, at the rate of $600 per year, as provided by Rev. Stat. § 1556. Judgment was rendered in his favor for that amount. 20 C. Cl. 438.

The plaintiff entered the Naval Academy as a cadet-engineer in 1877, and graduated therefrom on June 10, 1881. On June...

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