LAPEYRE v. UNITED STATES


84 U.S. 191 (1872)

17 Wall. 191

LAPEYRE v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. P. Phillips, for the appellant; a brief of Messrs. H.H. Blackburn, W.H. Lamon, and C.E. Hovey, being filed on the same side:

Mr. G.H. Williams, Attorney-General, and Mr. C.H. Hill, Assistant Attorney-General, contra.


Mr. Justice SWAYNE delivered the judgment of the court.

The only inquiry presented for our consideration is, when the proclamation, which is the hinge of the controversy, took effect. The question arises on the third finding of the Court of Claims, which is as follows: "The proclamation of the President of June 24th, 1865, was not published in the newspapers until the morning of the 27th of that month; nor was it published...

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