Daniels v. Tearney
Supreme Court of the United States
Error, to the Circuit Court of'Jefferson County, State of West Virginia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
This is a writ of error, brought to reverse a judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeals of the Staté of West Virginia.
The case, as disclosed in the record, may be sufficiently stated for the purposes of this opinion, as follows: —
On the 18th of April, 1861, a convention of the State of Virginia passed an ordinance of secession, and on the 80th of that month á law entitled “ An Ordinance to provide against the. sacrifice of property and to suspend proceedings in certain cases.” This ordinance declared that thereafter no execution (except in favor of the Commonwealth and against non-residents)…
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