Haycraft v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
On the claimant’s Appeal. The Reporters’ statement of the ease : The following are the material averments of the petition presenting the grounds of the claimant’s case: Petitioner avers that he is unable to state the precise amount for which said cotton was sold, or the expenses attending the seizure, transportation, shipment, and sale thereof, but he states on information and belief that the said cotton netted $27,000, and perhaps more, and that at least that amount, as the…
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On the claimant’s Appeal. The Reporters’ statement of the ease : The following are the material averments of the petition presenting the grounds of the claimant’s case: Petitioner avers that he is unable to state the precise amount for which said cotton was sold, or the expenses attending the seizure, transportation, shipment, and sale thereof, but he states on information and belief that the said cotton netted $27,000, and perhaps more, and that at least that amount, as the net proceeds of the sale of said cotton, was paid into the Treasury of the United States, and is now held by the United…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief-Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of the court:
The main question presented for our consideration in this case is whether one who gave aid and comfort to the late rebellion can, after the expiration of two years from its suppression, commence and successfully maintain an action in the Court of Claims for the recovery of money in the Treasury arising from the sale of his cotton taken possession of by the United States and sold under the provisions of the Abandoned or captured property Act, (12 Stat. L., 820.)
The case has been argued, to some extent, as though it in*109volved tbe…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States v. KleinSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- United States v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Mrs. Alexander's CottonSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
3Cited by7 opinions
- Rice v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Vance v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1895
- Hamner v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1877
- Burke v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1877
- McDonald v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1886
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