Ex Parte Morris and Johnson
Supreme Court of the United States
This was a petition presented by Mr. P. Phillips, in behalf of Morris and Johnson, for a writ of mandamus against Richard Busteed, judge of the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
stated the facts, and delivered the opinion of the court.
The United States filed an information in the District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, against certain bales of cotton, which it was alleged were liable to seizure and confiscation, and had come into the possession of the petitioners. The court entered a personal decree against them for the value of the cotton. They brought the case here by appeal. This court reversed the judgment and remanded the cause, with directions to the District Court “ to cause lestCution to be made to the appellants of whatever they have been…
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