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REICHE v. SMYTHE

80 U.S. 162 (____)

13 Wall. 162

REICHE v. SMYTHE, COLLECTOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. B.H. Bristow, Solicitor-General, and Mr. C.H. Hill, Assistant Attorney-General, for the United States, and in support of the ruling below:

Mr. Frederick Chase, contra.

Mr. Justice DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court.

The act of 1866 in its terms is comprehensive enough to include birds, and all other living things endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and if there had not been previous legislation on the subject there might be some justification for the position, that Congress did not intend to narrow the meaning of the language employed. If it be true that it is...

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