United States v. Pugh
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Court of Claims. This was an action, brought by Walter Pugh against the United States, to recover the proceeds of certain property. The Court of Claims found the following facts : — 1. ’ In December, 1862, the claimant was in possession as owner of a plantation in Louisiana.
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Appeal from the Court of Claims. This was an action, brought by Walter Pugh against the United States, to recover the proceeds of certain property. The Court of Claims found the following facts : — 1. ’ In December, 1862, the claimant was in possession as owner of a plantation in Louisiana. The sugar and molasses described in the petition were a part of the products of such plantation, and were stored thereon, and in the possession of the claimant’s agents. 2. In December, 1862, this said sugar and molasses were seized by the military forces of the United States, and turned over to a military…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
Two questions are presented by the finding of facts in this case, to wit: —
1. Does the Abandoned and Captured Property- Act, as extended by the act of July 2, 1864 (13 Stat. 375); authorize a recovery in the Court of Claims for the proceeds of property captured and sold by the military authorities, without judicial condemnation, after July 17, 1862, and before March 12, 1863, but accounted for and credited by the Secretary of the Treasury to the abandoned and captured property fund, in the treasury ?
2. Does it appear that the proceeds sued for in this case were actually paid into the treasury…
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