UNITED STATES v. SCOTT


70 U.S. 642 (1865)

3 Wall. 642

UNITED STATES v. SCOTT.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Speed, A.G., and Mr. Coffey, special counsel of the United States, contended (Messrs. McDonald and Niblack, contra)


Mr. Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The argument made in behalf of the United States is entitled to much consideration, and if there were nothing in the other provisions of the two statutes which have been discussed, to lead to the inference that Congress used the word enrolment in a narrower sense than the government would assert, it is not improbable that the court would assent to the soundness of the...

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