City of Richmond v. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for Virginia; the case being thus: On the 2d of April, 1865 — the rebellion then in throes, and the city of Richmond lying open to the entry of the government troops that had beleaguered it — its council, in order to prevent drunkenness, and some of the horrors incident to the occupation of a town by .an invading army, passed - certain resolutions, hereinafter set forth, for the destruction of all liquor in the city; and pledging the faith of the…
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Error to the Circuit Court for Virginia; the case being thus: On the 2d of April, 1865 — the rebellion then in throes, and the city of Richmond lying open to the entry of the government troops that had beleaguered it — its council, in order to prevent drunkenness, and some of the horrors incident to the occupation of a town by .an invading army, passed - certain resolutions, hereinafter set forth, for the destruction of all liquor in the city; and pledging the faith of the city, to the owner for payment of its value. A stock of liquor owned by one Smith was thus destroyed, and on the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Prior to the surrender of the city of Richmond to the Federal forces, and in contemplation of that event, which took place on the same day, the city council adopted the following resolutions: (1.) That it is the imperative duty of this council, in ease of the evacuation of this city by the government and army, to provide as far as it can for the immediate destruction of the stock of liquor in the city. (2.) That a committee of twenty-five citizens in each ward be appointed by the president to act in behalf of the city and proceed at once to accomplish this object; that said committee destroy…
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