Williams v. Bruffy
Supreme Court of the United States
Ebbob to the Supremo Court of Appeals of the State of Yirginia. This was an action of assumpsit for certain goods sold by tbe plaintiffs in March, 1861, to George Bruffy, since deceased, brought against the administrator of his estate in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County?, Virginia.
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Ebbob to the Supremo Court of Appeals of the State of Yirginia. This was an action of assumpsit for certain goods sold by tbe plaintiffs in March, 1861, to George Bruffy, since deceased, brought against the administrator of his estate in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County?, Virginia. The plaintiffs at the time of the sale were and still are residents of the State of Pennsylvania; and the deceased was then, and until his death,.which occurred during the war, continued to be, 'a resident of the State of- Virginia. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and two special pleas, in one of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The question for our determination arises upon the special pleas, and relates to the sufficiency of the facts therein set forth as a defence; that is, to the effect of the sequestration of the debt by the Confederate government as a bar to the action.
There is, however, a preliminary question to be considered. It is contended by the defendant that the record presents no ground for the exercise of our appellate jurisdiction. The second section of the- amendatory judiciary act of 1867, as' given in the Revised Statutes, provides for a review by this court of the final judgment or decree of the…
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