Montgomery v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from tbe Court of Claims; the case being thus: R. H. Montgomery, a British subject domiciled in New Orleans before and during the war of the rebellion, after the capture of that city by the forces of the United States, in April, 1862, made a written agreement with J. W. Bur-bridge, a loyal person residing in that city, doing business as Burbridge & Co., and the factor and agent of one Leo Johnson, a planter, residing at that time in the parish of La Fourche,…
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Appeal from tbe Court of Claims; the case being thus: R. H. Montgomery, a British subject domiciled in New Orleans before and during the war of the rebellion, after the capture of that city by the forces of the United States, in April, 1862, made a written agreement with J. W. Bur-bridge, a loyal person residing in that city, doing business as Burbridge & Co., and the factor and agent of one Leo Johnson, a planter, residing at that time in the parish of La Fourche, Louisiana, and within the enemy’s lines; by which Burbridge & Co., as “ the agents of the said Johnson, declared that they had…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
"Whether the contract under which the appellant claims to have become the owner of the sugai’, molasses, and rum was so far executed that, without more, it would have passed the property, had it been legal,it is unnecessary to consider; for we are of opinion that, whether executed or executory, it was illegal and void. It was a clear case of trading with a public enemy. The subject of the contract was personal property within the Confederate lines. It was a crop at the time on the' plantation of Leo Johnson, in the parish of La Fourche, near La Fourche Crossings. It belonged also to Johnson,…
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