Mechanics' and Traders' Bank v. Union Bank
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to tbe Supreme Court of Louisiana; tbe ease being thus: Tbe State of Louisiana, as is known, during the late rebellion joined the rebel forces. On or about the 29th of April, 1862, however, the government forces under General Butler — then in command of the conquering and occupying army, and commissioned to carry on the war in the Departmeutof the Gulf, a department which included Louisiana— took possession of New Orleans.
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Error to tbe Supreme Court of Louisiana; tbe ease being thus: Tbe State of Louisiana, as is known, during the late rebellion joined the rebel forces. On or about the 29th of April, 1862, however, the government forces under General Butler — then in command of the conquering and occupying army, and commissioned to carry on the war in the Departmeutof the Gulf, a department which included Louisiana— took possession of New Orleans. At the time of his thus occupying the city, the only money then circulating there was notes issued by the rebel confederacy; “Confederate notes.” In the confusion of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
The facts of this case, so far as they are necessary to a proper understanding of the question raised, are the following :
In May, 1862, after the capture of New Orleans by the United States army, General Butler, then in command of *294the army at that place, issued a general order appointing Major J. M. Bell, volunteer aid-de-camp, of the division staff, provost judge of the city, and directed that ho should be obeyed and respected accordingly. The same order appointed Captain J. II. French provost marshal of the city, and Captain Stafford deputy provost marshal. A few days after this order the…
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