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Show PENSION DECISIONS By tho AHsislnnt SpotoImiv of tlio Department of the TnUrior. Mnnluuo and Divoue. Ah soldier had n wife living from whom ho had not been divoiced at the time ol his mariingu to claimant, such mnrringo wna null and void ; mid ns miIiIIo-'h Ilrsl wife survived him, and neithvr ever having procured a ilivoice, dime was no period of lime when claimant and soldier sol-dier tonld have been legally married, alio Is not his widow l.ur ei, titled to IibiibIoii, Line of Duty -The lurord shows thai the boldior iuciiired tho dislocation of his left aim, for which pension la claimed, whilo scullling in tho bnrmeks and that ho wan nut in line of duty. Honorable Discharge. Tho recoidHoi of tlio War Department showing that claimant wna honorably discharged from service in tho war with Mexico, tlio Commissioner of I'uiihIous has no lawful authority to question such rccoiil, and must accept tbo fact as cirtillod to him by the Bocrelory of War. Line of Duty A disease contrnclod by soldier whilo in confinement awaiting await-ing trial for n bleach ol military duty h not necessarily incurred without the lino of duty, and when the soldier is acquitted, or died whilo awaiting trial, a diieaso so contracted is held to have been incurred in lino of duty. Dependence Widows. Tho uvidenco shows that tho claimant ow us properly which does, or should, if properly managed, man-aged, yield a not income oxccediii &2U) per annum Hold : That she is not untitled un-titled to pension under tho Acts of June 27, 1800, and May I), I "00. Service War with Mosloo. Tliuro is no evidence, aside from ths claimant's aUeme,nte, that ho romlorsd any eor- vice rts an enlisted mnn in the Army of the United Stales during tho war with Mexico. His sorvico was iib u tvnuiitcr hi tlio Q'larternmBtor'fl Department twhlcl)'s!ii(t.A pensionable sen ice under, tlio Act Of January 29. 1887. |