PENNINGTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 582.

231 U.S. 631 (1914)

PENNINGTON v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George A. King, Mr. William B. King and Mr. William E. Harvey for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Thompson for the United States.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

By the judgment appealed from the court below dismissed the petition in which recovery was sought by the appellant, of a stated sum charged to be due him because of the extra per diem ration for each five years' service allowed by the act of July 5, 1838, § 15, 5 Stat. 256, 258, c. 162, and the ten per centum increase of yearly pay given for each term...

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