B-157115, NOV. 10, 1965
Highlights
JOHNSON: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF NOVEMBER 1. YOU ARE ADVISED THAT WE ARE INSTRUCTING THE CLAIMS DIVISION OF OUR OFFICE TO STATE A SETTLEMENT IN YOUR FAVOR FOR $213.73. THE AMOUNT DUE YOU WHEN YOU WERE DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY. THERE IS.
B-157115, NOV. 10, 1965
TO MR. CECIL F. JOHNSON:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF NOVEMBER 1, 1965, CONCERNING YOUR CLAIM FOR ACCRUED PAY DUE YOU AS OF DECEMBER 11, 1942, THE DATE OF YOUR DISCHARGE FROM THE ARMY. YOU SAY THAT YOU WANT 2 PERCENT INTEREST FOR 20 YEARS ON THE AMOUNT DUE YOU.
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT WE ARE INSTRUCTING THE CLAIMS DIVISION OF OUR OFFICE TO STATE A SETTLEMENT IN YOUR FAVOR FOR $213.73, THE AMOUNT DUE YOU WHEN YOU WERE DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY. THERE IS, HOWEVER, NO AUTHORITY FOR THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST IN YOUR CASE, THERE BEING FOR APPLICATION THE LONG -ESTABLISHED RULE THAT INTERESTS ON CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES CANNOT BE RECOVERED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EXPRESS PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY IN THE PERTINENT LAW OR CONTRACT. UNITED STATES V. THAYER-WEST POINT HOTEL CO., 329 U.S. 585, 588 (1947).