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THOMPSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 184.

246 U.S. 547 (1918)

38 S.Ct. 349

62 L.Ed. 876

THOMPSON, ADMINISTRATOR OF THOMPSON, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 15, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William B. King, with whom Mr. George A. King, Mr. Samuel Maddox and Mr. H. Prescott Gatley were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Thompson for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a decision by the Court of Claims sustaining a demurrer and dismissing appellant's petition.

The appellant alleges that his decedent on April 28th, 1863, "executed a bill of sale to the Confederate States of America" for seventy-two bales of cotton and received therefor "bonds of the Confederate States Government to the nominal value of...

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