Burnham v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The record in this case contains the depositions of nineteen witnesses for the claimant and nine for the defendants, and nine written arguments; but the decision of the court relates only to the single question whether the loan authorized by the State of Mississippi, 19th December, 1861, was in aid of the rebellion, and a subscription to that loan by a citizen of Mississippi an act- of aid and comfort.
1Opinion of the Court
Nott, Oh. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
This case is before the court on the simple jurisdictional question of loyalty. The proceedings have been of great length, there being in the record the depositions of nineteen witnesses for the claimant and of nine witnesses for the defendants, and.nine more or less voluminous written arguments. The decision of the court, however, goes no further than the determination of a single question of a legal character.
In the documentary evidence produced by the defendants are two bonds, given by the claimant to the State of Mississippi, which are in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Whitfield v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Taylor v. ThomasSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Thomas v. TaylorMississippi Supreme Court · 1869
3Cited by1 opinion
- McDonald v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1898