In Re Chiles
Supreme Court of the United States
On motion by the State of Texas for a rule on John Chiles to show cause why he should not be dealt with as guilty of a contempt of this coui't in disobeying one of its decrees, and why he should not by proper instrument convey to the said State all his right, title, and interest to seventy-six certain bonds of .the United States now in the possession of Droege & Co., of London.
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On motion by the State of Texas for a rule on John Chiles to show cause why he should not be dealt with as guilty of a contempt of this coui't in disobeying one of its decrees, and why he should not by proper instrument convey to the said State all his right, title, and interest to seventy-six certain bonds of .the United States now in the possession of Droege & Co., of London. The case was thus: On the 12th of January, 1868 — the State of Texas being then in rebellion against the United States — certaiu persons calling themselves its Military Board, and who were possessed, under a statute of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
The object of the bill filed by the State of Texas in the ease of Texas v. White Chiles, and reported in 7th Wallace, was to establish the title of the Slate of Texas to the bonds there claimed, and her bill of complaint made parties, so far as she knew and could bring them before the court, all persons who denied or contested that title. The bill was framed as carefully and as fully as it well could be for the purpose of establishing that title finally and conclusively. If out of abundant caution the bill sets out all the false and pretended claims of the defendants, and the grounds on which…
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