Supreme Court of the United States May 26, 1913, 274 (Morse v. United States)

Mr. Justice Pitney

delivered the opinion of the court.

The question in this case is whether the appellant, an officer on the retired list of the Navy, is entitled to the difference between the retired pay of a lieutenant and that of a lieutenant commander, from the date of the passage of the act of June 29,1906, 34 Stat. 553, 554, c. 3590.