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UNITED STATES v. DICKERSON

No. 705.

310 U.S. 554 (1940)

UNITED STATES v. DICKERSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General Shea, with whom Solicitor General Biddle and Messrs. Melvin H. Siegel and Paul A. Sweeney were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Herman J. Galloway, with whom Messrs. George R. Shields, John W. Gaskins, and Fred W. Shields were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question is whether respondent, Dickerson, may recover a judgment against the United States upon a cause of action founded upon § 9 of the Act of June 10, 1922, c. 212, 42 Stat. 625, 629-630.

Section 9 provides that after the 1st of July, 1922, an enlistment allowance shall be paid "to every honorably discharged enlisted man . . . who re-enlists within...

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