Day v. Micou
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. An act of Congress, commonly called the Confiscation Act, passed July 17th, 1862,* during the rebellion, and entitled “An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes,” after providing- in its first section that treason shall be punished with death, and in its second that persons inciting, setting on foot, assisting, or engaging in…
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Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. An act of Congress, commonly called the Confiscation Act, passed July 17th, 1862,* during the rebellion, and entitled “An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes,” after providing- in its first section that treason shall be punished with death, and in its second that persons inciting, setting on foot, assisting, or engaging in rebellion, &c¿, shall’ be punished with fine and imprisonment; in the third that every person guilty of either of .the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
Most of the questions in this case were settled adversely to the claims.of the plaintiff in error by our decision of Bigelow v. Forrest. ‡ We then determined that under the act of Congress of July 17, 1862, known as the Confiscation Net, and the Joint Resolution of the same date explanatory thereof, only the life estate of the person for whose offence the land had been seized was subject to condemnation and sale. We also determined that nothing more was within the jurisdiction or judicial power of the District Court, and that consequently a decree condemning the fee could have no greater…
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