United States v. Fox
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Court of Appeals of the State of New York. In February, 1870, Charles Fox, of the city of New York, died possessed of certain personal and real property situated in the State of New York. By his last will and testament, he devised and bequeathed the whole property, after the payment of his debts, to the government of the United States, for the purpose of assisting to discharge the debt created by the war of the Rebellion.
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Error to the Court of Appeals of the State of New York. In February, 1870, Charles Fox, of the city of New York, died possessed of certain personal and real property situated in the State of New York. By his last will and testament, he devised and bequeathed the whole property, after the payment of his debts, to the government of the United States, for the purpose of assisting to discharge the debt created by the war of the Rebellion. By the government of the United States, the body politic, the nation known as the United States was meant. Upon the petition of the District Attorney of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The sole question for our consideration in this ease is the validity of a devise to the United States of real estate situated in the State of New York. The question is to be determined by the laws of that State. It is not-pretended that the United States may not acquire and hold real property in the State, whenever such property is needed for the use of the government in the execution of any of its powers; as, for instance, when needed for arsenals, fortifications, light-houses, customhouses, court-houses, barracks, hospitals, or for any other of the many public purposes for which such…
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