UNITED STATES v. FULLER

No. 805.

160 U.S. 593 (1896)

UNITED STATES v. FULLER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 20, 1896.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dodge and Mr. Charles C. Binney for appellants.

Mr. Robert B. Lines and Mr. John Paul Jones for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN delivered the opinion of the court.

Petitioner's claim is based upon the exception contained in Rev. Stat. § 1579, which reads as follows: "No person not actually attached to and doing duty on board a seagoing vessel, except the petty officers, seamen, and ordinary seamen attached to receiving-ships, or to the ordinary of a navy yard, and midshipmen, shall be allowed a ration," which, by §...

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