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BURNETT v. UNITED STATES

116 U.S. 158 (1885)

BURNETT v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 21, 1885.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.L. Merriam for appellant.

Mr. Solicitor-General and Mr. John S. Blair for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

By an act of Congress of March 3, 1879, 20 Stat. 665, ch. 290, the Secretary of the Interior was directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Ward B. Burnett, and pay him a pension of $50 per month in lieu of the pension then received by him. The subsequent act of June 16, 1880, 21 Stat. 281, ch. 236, provides that all soldiers then receiving a pension of $50 per...

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