ADGER v. ALSTON


82 U.S. 555 (1872)

15 Wall. 555

ADGER v. ALSTON.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.W. Boyce, in support of the judgment, and for the defendant in error:

Messrs. T.J. Semmes and W. A: Meloy, contra.


Mr. Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

This court held, previous to the decision in the present case in the circuit, that as to the time of bringing suits in the Court of Claims under the Captured and Abandoned Property Act, which must be within two years after the close of the war, the proclamation of the President of August 20th, 1866, announcing that peace prevailed all over the United States, which had...

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