Case: FRANCIS E. PRAY v. THE UNITED STATES
Abbreviation: Pray v. United States
Decision Date: 1883
Docket Number: 
Citation: 18 Ct. Cl. 756
Volume: 18
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: FRANCIS E. PRAY v. THE UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Pages: 756–756

Head Matter:
FRANCIS E. PRAY v. THE UNITED STATES.
(106 U. S. R., 594, on appeal from 14 C. Cls. R., 256.)
Pray was appointed occasional weigher and measurer at the custom-house in Portland, Me., at a compensation of $2,000 a year while employed.
He rendered accounts for his services each month, Sundays being deducted, and was paid on that basis, giving receipts in full payment. He sued for compensation for the Sundays deducted.
The Court of Claims gave judgment for the defendants.
Held by the Supreme Court:
The claimant is not entitled to recover. Whatever might have been "said as to the true construction of the contract for compensation in the first place, he is stopped from controverting that which was given to it by both parties for ten years and as long as his employment continued, as shown by his monthly receipts in full.
The judgment of the Court of Claims affirmed.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Miller.