PARGOUD v. UNITED STATES, 80 U.S. 156 (1871)

PARGOUD v. UNITED STATES. DECEMBER TERM, 1871. The President’s proclamation of December 25th, 1868, granting pardon and amnesty unconditionally and without reservation to all who participated, directly or indirectly, in the late rebellion, relieves claimants of captured and abandoned property from proof of adhesion to the United States during the late civil war. It is […]

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80 U.S. 156

80 U.S. 156 80 U.S. 156 20 L.Ed. 646 13 Wall. 156 PARGOUDv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1871 APPEAL from the Court of Claims. Pargoud filed a claim in the court below to recover under the Abandoned and Captured Property Act, the proceeds of certain cotton. This act, as by reference to its provisions, on page […]

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