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COFFEY v. UNITED STATES

117 U.S. 233 (1886)

COFFEY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 15, 1886.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel McKee for petitioner.

MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

On the 18th of January last, a decision was made in this case, 116 U.S. 427, affirming the judgment below, rendered on an information in rem, filed for the forfeiture to the United States of certain personal property seized for a violation of the internal revenue laws. There was a trial by jury and a verdict for the United States. The claimant, in his answer, had set...

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