MATHEWS v. McSTEA, 87 U.S. 646 (1874)

MATHEWS v. McSTEA. OCTOBER TERM, 1874. The decision of a State court passing upon the effect produced by the act of the executive on a given contract in inaugurating the late civil war in the United States, is reviewable here by writ of error under the second section of the act of 5th February, 1867, […]

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87 U.S. 646

87 U.S. 646 87 U.S. 646 22 L.Ed. 448 20 Wall. 646 MATHEWSv.McSTEA. October Term, 1874 ERROR to the Court of Common Pleas of New York. On motion to dismiss the writ for want of jurisdiction. The case was thus: On the 15th of April and 19th of April, 1861, the President, by his proclamation, […]

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