Butler v. Maples
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to tbe Circuit Court for the "Westera District of Tennessee; the case was thus: During the late rebellion, cotton having been an object whose acquisition was desired by the people of the North, its purchase within the Confederate lines was resorted to not unfrequently by a certain class of traders from the loyal States. Such trading was unlawful as trading with an enemy, and was moreover made void by statute.
Read the full summary
Error to tbe Circuit Court for the "Westera District of Tennessee; the case was thus: During the late rebellion, cotton having been an object whose acquisition was desired by the people of the North, its purchase within the Confederate lines was resorted to not unfrequently by a certain class of traders from the loyal States. Such trading was unlawful as trading with an enemy, and was moreover made void by statute. But trading in a prescribed form, under certain conditions, within the insurrectionary region, if the same had been brought within the lines of the National military occupation,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
At the trial it was, of course, incumbent upon the plaintiff to prove not only the contract of sale, but also that Shep herd, with whom the contract had been made, had authority to act for and bind the defendants. Accordingly evidence was submitted to show that the cotton was purchased by Shepherd when professing to act as an agent for the defendants. There was hardly any controversy about this fact, and no questions are now raised respecting the competency or sufficiency of the proof, or the manner in which it was submitted to the jury. But the authority of Shepherd to make the contract for…
2Cited by40 opinions
- Joseph P. Cange v. Stotler and Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Tecom, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2005
- Nofire v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Kilborn v. Prudential InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- Co-Operative Stores Co. v. United States Fidelity Guaranty Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1917
35 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.