MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.
Ashfield was employed as a watchman in reservation No. 2, part of the public grounds in Washington, from July 1, 1869, until April 12, 1870. He has been paid for his services at the rate of $720 a year. He claims compensation at the rate of $900 a year; and this suit is brought to recover the difference between what he has received and what he claims.
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