DECATUR v. PAULDING, 39 U.S. 497 (1840)

SUSAN DECATUR, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, vs. JAMES K. PAULDING, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, DEFENDANT IN ERROR. JANUARY TERM, 1840. On the 3d of March, 1837, Congress passed an act giving to the widow of any officer who had died in the naval service of the United States authority to receive, out of the navy pension […]

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