MORRIS'S COTTON


75 U.S. 507 (____)

8 Wall. 507

MORRIS'S COTTON.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. P. Phillips, for the appellant.

Mr. Hoar, Attorney-General, and Mr. Field, Assistant Attorney-General, contra.


Mr. Justice CLIFFORD gave the details of the case, and delivered the opinion of the court.

Forfeiture of the property seized in this case is claimed in the libel of information, as amended, upon several distinct grounds, of which the following are the most material:

1. Because the owner purchased the cotton of an inhabitant of a State or district in insurrection, as lawfully declared by the President in his proclamation...

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