McQuiddy v. Ware
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the-Circuit Court for the Eastern Distriet of Missouri; the case being thus: N . At the beginning of the.late rebellion, which broke out in 1861,- McQuiddy, ;a resident of Nodaway County,' Missouri, and owning a farm there, voluntarily entered the service of the' Confederate States under General Sterling Price^ and followed the fortunes of that .officer ajidhis army when they left Missouri.
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Appeal from the-Circuit Court for the Eastern Distriet of Missouri; the case being thus: N . At the beginning of the.late rebellion, which broke out in 1861,- McQuiddy, ;a resident of Nodaway County,' Missouri, and owning a farm there, voluntarily entered the service of the' Confederate States under General Sterling Price^ and followed the fortunes of that .officer ajidhis army when they left Missouri. At this time there were two mortgages op different parts of his farm, or instruments of writing which the holders of them asserted to be mortgages. These weVe due, and the holders in May, 1862,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paves
In the view vile take of this, case we are not required to wade through the various statutes of Missouri, and the decisions ^of the courts of the State, in order-to’ determine whether or not the proceedings in question aré' valid; The.' complainant is not, in our opinion, in a position to invoke the aid of a court of equity to decide that question. ...The bill presents the case of a man who chose to neglect his private interests for the purpose of devoting his'time to' the destruction of the government, complaining that his creditors enforced the collection of their debts on a wrong theory…
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