DAY v. MICOU


85 U.S. 156 (1873)

18 Wall. 156

DAY v. MICOU.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Madison Day, appellant, propriâ personâ:

Mr. Thomas Allen Clarke (whom the court declined to hear), contra.


Mr. Justice STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

Most of the questions in this case were settled adversely to the claims of the plaintiff in error by our decision of Bigelow v. Forrest. We then determined that under the act of Congress of July 17, 1862, known as the Confiscation Act, and the Joint Resolution of the same date explanatory thereof, only the life estate of the person...

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