Scott's v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The court found the following facts: I. The claimant, Isaac Scott, with his partners of the firm of George Parsons & Co., and one Edward Padelford, was the joint owner of two hundred and six bales of cotton captured at Savannah in December, 1864. The claimant’s interest therein was one undivided fourth part. The rights of the parties have been severed, and the other parties have recovered for their respective interests.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The court found the following facts: I. The claimant, Isaac Scott, with his partners of the firm of George Parsons & Co., and one Edward Padelford, was the joint owner of two hundred and six bales of cotton captured at Savannah in December, 1864. The claimant’s interest therein was one undivided fourth part. The rights of the parties have been severed, and the other parties have recovered for their respective interests. The cotton was sold, and the net proceeds in the Treasury are $175.33 per bale, amounting in the aggregate to $9,029.49. II. The…
1Opinion of the CourtNott, J.
It was supposed, on the trial of this case, that the only question involved was whether the taking of the oath prescribed by the pardon, before the pardon was granted, was a sufficient compliance with its condition; and it was insisted, by the counsel for the claimant, that if the taking of the oath was contemporary, it was immaterial whether it was taken just before or just after the issuing of the pardon, especially as the Attorney-General, by a contemporary construction, and, doubtless under the direction of the President, had indicated by bis circular of, J une 7,1865, that the oath…
2Cited by1 opinion
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