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UNITED STATES v. HUTCHINS.

No. 729.

151 U.S. 542 (1894)

14 S.Ct. 421

38 L.Ed. 264

UNITED STATES, v. HUTCHINS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 5, 1894.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dodge and Mr. Charles C. Binney for appellants.

Mr. John Paul Jones, for appellee, submitted on the opinion of the Court of Claims.

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

By Rev. Stat. § 1566, "An allowance of ten cents" (subsequently reduced to eight cents, act of June 30, 1876, c. 159, 19 Stat. 65) "a mile may be made to officers in the naval service, . . . for travelling expenses when under orders," but by the act of August 5, 1882, c. 391, 22 Stat. 286, "officers of the navy travelling abroad under orders . . . shall receive, in lieu of the mileage...

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