Hall v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
On Hall’s Appeal. The Reporters’ statement of the case: It does not appear by tbe findings whether the alleged transaction between Hall and his master took place before or after the proclamation of emancipation took effect. Neither does the opinion of the court allude to the proclamation. But it should be understood that the petition of Hall placed- the alleged sale anterior to the proclamation, and the question was treated accordingly.
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On Hall’s Appeal. The Reporters’ statement of the case: It does not appear by tbe findings whether the alleged transaction between Hall and his master took place before or after the proclamation of emancipation took effect. Neither does the opinion of the court allude to the proclamation. But it should be understood that the petition of Hall placed- the alleged sale anterior to the proclamation, and the question was treated accordingly. Whether a similar transaction between master and slave subsequent to the proclamation would have been valid within the Confederate lines was not considered.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayke
Hall filed his petition in the Court of Claims.
By leave of the court Benjamin Eoach filed a petition of inter-pleader. Subsequently Eoach died, and his executrix was made a party. Both parties are pursuing the proceeds of the same cotton. The cotton was raised, ginned, and baled on Eoach’s plantation, known as Bachelor’s Bend, in the State of Mississippi. About the 17th of April, 1863, it was seized by Lieutenant Barlow, of the United States Army, and subsequently converted into money, and the proceeds paid into the Treasury of the United States. About these facts there is no controversy. It…
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- Peter v. HargraveSupreme Court of Virginia · 1848
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