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United States v. Bales of Cotton Marked J. H. B.

154 U.S. 556 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1868-03-30 Docket No. 146 English

Delivered by Chase C.J.

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p. 556
UNITED STATES v. BALES OF COTTON MARKED J. H. B.

Syllabus

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA.
No. 146.
Argued March 26, 1868.
Decided March 30, 1868.
Reversed on the Authority of Union Ins. Go. v. United States, 6 Wall. 759 .
p. 557
The case is stated in the opinion.
Mr. Attorney General and Mr. J. Hubley Ashton for the appellants.
No appearance for appellee.

delivered the opinion of the court.

The libel in the Circuit Court was filed under the act of August 6, 1861, and stated a case of seizure on land.

In conformity, therefore, with the principles settled in the case of The Union Insurance Company v. The United States, the decree of the Circuit Court must be reversed as irregular, and the cause remanded for a new trial, conformed, in respect to trial by jury and exceptions to evidence, to the course of the common law.

Reversed.

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