Taber v. . Supervisors of Erie County
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered upon an order made March 31,1891, which overruled defendant’s exceptions, denied a motion for a new trial and directed a judgment in favor of plaintiff to be entered upon a verdict directed by the court.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered upon an order made March 31,1891, which overruled defendant’s exceptions, denied a motion for a new trial and directed a judgment in favor of plaintiff to be entered upon a verdict directed by the court. This action was brought to recover for moneys alleged to have been received by the defendant from the state for the plaintiff’s assignors, who had furnished substitutes for the military service of the United States during the war of the Rebellion. A trial was had in May, 1890. At the close…
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
The facts of this casé take us back to the days of the Civil war, and the period not far from its close when the armies in the field were maintained in their full and efficient strength hy the help of the conscription. Before the act of 1865 (Chap. 29), the construction and effect of which is involved in this controversy, the supply of men for the ranks was largely procured hy a system of local bounties. Towns, cities and counties incurred heavy liabilities in the process, and bidding against each other raised the price necessary to be paid. As a result great inequalities occurred. One…
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