Armstrong v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Court of Claims. Mrs. Armstrong filed a claim in the court below for the proceeds of certain cotton under the “ Abandoned and Captured Property Act,” the provisions of which are quoted in the preceding case, page 151. The Court of Claims found that the cotton was raised by the claimant; that in the latter part of 1863, or early in 1864, there were on her plantation one hundred and twenty bales of cotton, which were taken possession of by the United States…
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Appeal from the Court of Claims. Mrs. Armstrong filed a claim in the court below for the proceeds of certain cotton under the “ Abandoned and Captured Property Act,” the provisions of which are quoted in the preceding case, page 151. The Court of Claims found that the cotton was raised by the claimant; that in the latter part of 1863, or early in 1864, there were on her plantation one hundred and twenty bales of cotton, which were taken possession of by the United States military forces and removed to Little Rock, Arkansas; that, prior to July, 1864, one hundred and two bales of this cotton…
1Opinion of the Court
The CHIEF JUSTICE
delivered the opinion of the court.
The “Abandoned aud Captured Property Act” provides for the restoration of the proceeds of property on proof that the claimant has never given any aid or comfort to the present rebellion. The Court of Claims seem to have thought that going south with her slaves was evidence that she did give aid or comfort to the rebellion. On this point it is not now necessary that we express an opinion; for the President of the United States, on the 25th of December, 1868, issued a proclamation, reciting that “ a universal amnesty and pardon for…
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