Kneedler v. Lane
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
At Nisi Prius. In Equity. These three bills in equity were filed in tbe Supreme Court for tbe Eastern District by tbe plaintiffs above named, against the Officers of the Enrolling Boards of the First and Fourth Congressional Districts, praying for injunctions to restrain the defendants from further proceeding with or under the enrolment requisition and draft, under the act of March 3d, 1863, and particularly from all proceedings against the said plaintiffs.
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At Nisi Prius. In Equity. These three bills in equity were filed in tbe Supreme Court for tbe Eastern District by tbe plaintiffs above named, against the Officers of the Enrolling Boards of the First and Fourth Congressional Districts, praying for injunctions to restrain the defendants from further proceeding with or under the enrolment requisition and draft, under the act of March 3d, 1863, and particularly from all proceedings against the said plaintiffs. The ground alleged for these applications was the unconstitutionality of this act of Congress. A motion for a special injunction was made…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered
by Lowbie, C. J.
These are three bills in equity, wherein the plaintiffs claim relief against the defendants, who, acting under the act of Congress of the 3d March last, well known as the Conscription act, claim to coerce the plaintiffs to enter the army of the United States as drafted soldiers. The claim of the plaintiffs is. founded on the objection that that act is unconstitutional. The question is raised by a motion for a preliminary injunction, and might have been heard by a single judge. But at the request of our brother Woodward, who allowed the…
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