Crussell v. United States

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims in favor of the claimant, under the abandoned and captured property ” act.

It appears from the certificate of the court that no aid or comfort was given by the claimant to the rebellion against the United States. It appears, further, that a large quantity of cotton, including, as alleged, 73 bales belonging- to the claimant, was sold and the proceeds thereof paid into the Treasury. The only question in the case is, whether these 73 bales were in fact so included.'

They were in the possession of the quartermaster in charge of abandoned and…