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UNITED STATES v. ELLIOTT

No. 37.

164 U.S. 373 (1896)

17 S.Ct. 140

41 L.Ed. 474

UNITED STATES, v. ELLIOTT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 30, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney Gorman and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dodge for appellants.

Mr. James Lowndes for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The act of February 6, 1863, c. 21, 12 Stat. 640, provided for the collection of direct taxes in insurrectionary districts within the United States, by subjecting lands, on which such taxes had been assessed and remained unpaid, to public sale to the highest bidder for a sum not less than the taxes, penalty and costs, and ten per centum per annum on said tax. The act contained a provision...

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