UNITED STATES v. FOSTER

No. 1162.

128 U.S. 435 (1888)

UNITED STATES v. FOSTER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 19, 1888.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Howard and Mr. F.P. Dewees for appellants.

Mr. Robert B. Lines and Mr. John Paul Jones for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

There is no claim that the plaintiff did not receive, on his first warrant as gunner, that is, for the whole period of his first continuous service in that position, all the compensation to which he was entitled as gunner, under the law as it was during that period. And it is found, in effect, that he has received credit, on his second warrant as gunner, for the actual time of his entire...

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