McVeigh v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Virginia. On the 17th of July, 1862, Cougress passed au act, entitled “ An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes.”
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Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Virginia. On the 17th of July, 1862, Cougress passed au act, entitled “ An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes.” This act provided for the seizure and confiscation of the property of persons holding certain offices or agencies under “the Confederate States,” and of persons engaged in the rebellion then existing, or aiding or abetting such rebellion, who should not cease to aid, countenance, and abet such rebellion within sixty days after public…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice S Wayne
This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Virginia.
The defendants in error filed in the District Court of the United States for that district a libel of information, under the act of July 17, 1862, to reach, for the purposes of forfeiture and sale, certain real and personal property of McVeigh, a description of which is fully set forth. The original libel was the same, mutatis mutandis, as that in the case of Garnett, claimant of certain real estate, against the United States. * An amendment was subsequently made, whereby a farther charge was…
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