THE CHEROKEE TOBACCO


78 U.S. 616 (1870)

11 Wall. 616

THE CHEROKEE TOBACCO.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was elaborately argued orally or on briefs, by Messrs. E.C. Boudinot, A. Pike, R.W. Johnson, and B.F. Butler, for the claimants; and by Mr. Akerman, Attorney-General, and Mr. Bristow, Solicitor-General, for the United States.


Mr. Justice SWAYNE stated the case and delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the District Court of the Western District of Arkansas. The case, so far as it is necessary to state it, lies within a narrow compass.

The proceeding was instituted by the defendants in error to procure the condemnation and forfeiture of the tobacco in question, and of the other property described in the libel of information, for alleged violations, which...

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