Figh v. United States

This case had been pending for seven or eight years prior to 1864, *98and in February of that year, no person appearing to prosecute, upon motion of the Solicitor of the United States, the petition was dismissed. The claimant now moves to vacate this order and restore the case to the docket, on the ground that lie was a citizen of the State of Alabama and was prevented from appearing in court by the existence of hostilities between that State and the United States.

To make this ground available, the claimant ought to show that he did not contribute to the inception or continuance of the…