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UNITED STATES v. BURCHARD

Nos. 158, 1332.

125 U.S. 176 (1888)

8 S.Ct. 832

31 L.Ed. 662

UNITED STATES, v. BURCHARD. BURCHARD, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 19, 1888.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

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

Jabez Burchard, an assistant engineer in the navy, was examined by a retiring board organized under § 1448 of the Revised Statutes, and the board reported that he was incapacitated from active service, and "that his incapacity was not the result of an incident of the service." The statutes regulating such a proceeding are given in full in Potts v. The United States, ante, 173, just decided...

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