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UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMSON

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90 U.S. 411 (1875)

23 Wall. 411

23 L.Ed. 89

UNITED STATES, v. WILLIAMSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 11, 1875.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. G.H. Williams, Attorney-General, and Mr. John Goforth, Assistant Attorney-General, for the United States:

Mr. H.E. Paine, contra.

Mr. Justice HUNT delivered the opinion of the court.

The argument against the allowance of full pay is based upon the act of March 3d, 1863, which provides "that any officer absent from duty with leave, except from sickness or wounds, shall during his absence, receive half of the pay and allowances prescribed by law, and no more." Captain Williamson, it is said, was, during the period in question, absent from duty with leave, being neither sick nor wounded, and hence...

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