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GORMLEY v. CLARK

No. 192.

134 U.S. 338 (1890)

GORMLEY v. CLARK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 17, 1890.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Morton Culver and Mr. Millard F. Riggle for appellant.

Mr. Charles E. Pope, Mr. Alexander McCoy and Mr. Chartes B. McCoy for appellee.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

Upon the 8th and 9th of October, 1871, a memorable conflagration destroyed a large part of the city of Chicago, including the court-house and the entire records of the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, in which the city of Chicago was situated. An act was thereupon passed by the general assembly of that State, approved April 9, 1872...

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