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MILLER v. UNITED STATES

78 U.S. 268 (1870)

11 Wall. 268

MILLER v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. W.P. Wells and S.T. Douglass, for the plaintiff in error:

Mr. Akerman, Attorney-General, and Mr. Bristow, Solicitor-General, for the United States; Mr. G.F. Edmunds, for the purchasers of the property sold under the decree:

Mr. Justice STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a proceeding under the acts of Congress of August 6th, 1861, and July 17th, 1862, to confiscate shares of stock in two corporations created by the State of Michigan. The stock had been seized by the marshal of the district, acting indirectly under orders of the President of the United States. The marshal made return to the district attorney that he had seized...

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