BENNETT v. HUNTER


76 U.S. 326 (____)

9 Wall. 326

BENNETT v. HUNTER.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Chittenden and Willoughby (Mr. Hoar, Attorney-General, and Mr. Field, Assistant Attorney-General, filing a brief by leave of the court, for the United States), for the plaintiff in error:

Messrs. J.A. Garfield and S.F. Beach, contra.


The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the opinion of the court.

The case requires the consideration and determination of one point only, namely, whether the commissioners under the act could make a sale for taxes, notwithstanding a previous tender of the amount due?

In order to a right understanding of the real point in controversy, however, it will be useful to notice briefly the occasion and the objects of the enactments which...

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