Semmes v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. The facts are stated, and the assignment of errors is referred to, in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clieeord
Proceedings in rem were instituted in the District Court on the 7th of August, 1863, under the confiscation act of the 17th of July, 1862, against certain real property of the respondent; which proceedings resulted, on the 5th of April, 1865, in the condemnation of the property described in.the libel. On tbe 11th of the same month a writ of venditioni ex-ponas wa£ issued, commanding the - marshal to sell the property on the 18th of the same month; but the marshal did not sell the samé on that day, for the reason, as appears by his return, that the best price bid at the time and place of the…
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