Glover v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL EJSOM THE COURT OE CLAIMS. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mb'. Justice White
delivered the opinion of the court.
In 1861 Benjamin R. Bythewood was the owner of a lot in the town of Beaufort and a plantation in the county of the same name, both situated in Saint Helena Parish, State of South Carolina. On the occupation of Port Royal by the national troops in November, 1861, Bythewood left Saint Helena Island, as did all the white population of that island. Thereafter the property of Bythewood was assessed for taxes by the United States under the direct tax act of 1861, (12 Stat. 294,) and was sold in enforcement thereof. A portion of the plantation was…
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