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POTTS v. UNITED STATES

No. 698.

125 U.S. 173 (1888)

8 S.Ct. 830

31 L.Ed. 661

POTTS, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 19, 1888.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mr. Heber J. May for appellee. Mr. Attorney General was with him on the brief.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

Howard D. Potts, an assistant engineer of the navy, being physically disabled, was examined by a naval retiring board who reported that he was incapacitated from active service, and that in their judgment the incapacity did not originate in the line of duty. In this report the President concurred, and directed a retirement on furlough pay.

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