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MRS. ALEXANDER'S COTTON

69 U.S. 404 (1864)

2 Wall. 404

MRS. ALEXANDER'S COTTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Ashton, and Mr. Eames, for the United States:

Messrs. Corwine and Springer, contra:

The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the opinion of the court.

This controversy concerns seventy-two bales of cotton captured in May, 1864, on the plantation of Mrs. Elizabeth Alexander, on the Red River, by a party sent from the Ouachita, a gunboat belonging to Admiral Porter's expedition. The United States insist on the condemnation of the cotton as lawful maritime prize. Mrs. Alexander claims it as her private property. The facts...

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