Us Supreme Court Court February 1879 Judgments

Williams Vs. United States

Court: US Supreme Court

Williams v. United States - 154 U.S. 648 (1879) U.S. Supreme Court Williams v. United States, 154 U.S. 648 (1879) Williams v. United States No. 1058 Submitted January 24, 1879 Decided February 3, 1879 154 U.S. 648 APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS Syllabus The acceptance by a supernumerary officer in the Continental line of an appointment in the regiment of guards authorized by the State of Virginia took him out of the line and put him into the new organization. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the Court. From the finding of facts sent up with this appeal we are clearly of the opinion that Dr. Taylor did not "continue in service until the end of the war" within the meaning of the resolutions of Congress of October 21, 1780, and of March 22, 1783, under which the claim in this case is made. When he accepted his appointment in the regiment of guards, January 9, 1779, he ceased to be a supernumerary surgeon's mate, and became an active officer in the Page 154 U...