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WHITE v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 153, 154.

239 U.S. 608 (1916)

WHITE v. UNITED STATES. FORD v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 17, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederick A. Fenning, with whom Mr. Lloyd Odend'hal and Mr. Spencer Gordon were on the brief, for appellant in No. 154.

Mr. Simon Lyon, with whom Mr. Edward S. McCalmont and Mr. R.B.H. Lyon were on the brief, for appellant in No. 153.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Huston Thompson, with whom Mr. Richard P. Whiteley was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

These claims raise the same question. The claimant White was a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy. On June 30, 1905, he was transferred to the retired list, on his own request, with the rank of Commander, (Navy Personnel Act of March 3, 1899, c. 413, §§ 8, 9; 30 Stat. 1004, 1006,) and on April 13, 1911, was commissioned a Commander on the retired list from June...

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