DECATUR v. PAULDING


39 U.S. 497 (1840)

14 Pet. 497

SUSAN DECATUR, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, vs. JAMES K. PAULDING, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, DEFENDANT IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Brent and Mr. Coxe, for the plaintiff in error; and by Mr. Gilpin, Attorney General of the United States, for the defendant.


Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case is brought here by a writ of error, from the judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, refusing to award a peremptory mandamus.

The material facts in the case are as follow: By an act of Congress, passed on the 3d of March, 1837, the widow of any officer who died in the naval service, became entitled to receive...

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