Legal Opinion
Thompson v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 15, 1918No. 184PublishedCited by 34 opinions
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clarke
This is an appeal from a decision by the Court of Claims sustaining a demurrer and dismissing appellant’s petition.
The appellant alleges that his decedent on April 28th, 1863, "executed a bill of sale to the Confederate States of America” for seventy-two bales of cotton and received therefor "bonds of the Confederate States Government to the nominal valtie of $5,500. ” This bill of sale reads as follows:
"72Bales; Aggregate Weight 37309 at 15 $5,596.35/100
"State of Mississippi, County of Copiah:
Pine Ridge, April 28/63.
"The undersigned having sold to the Confederate States of America, and…
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