CUTNER v. UNITED STATES


84 U.S. 517 (1873)

17 Wall. 517

CUTNER v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. A.G. Riddle and A.L. Merriman, for the appellant:

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


Mr. Justice BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

Intercourse between the inhabitants of the two belligerent sections was still prohibited when this sale was made. It was, therefore, clearly illegal, unless Schiffer & Co. had a license to trade in Savannah, which the case expressly finds they had not. The sale being illegal, the suit cannot be sustained for the benefit of the vendees. It cannot be sustained for Cutner...

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