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SEMMES v. UNITED STATES

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91 U.S. 21 (1875)

23 L.Ed. 193

SEMMES, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

October 25, 1875.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on printed arguments by Mr. Thomas J. Semmes, in propria persona, and Mr. Robert Mott, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Solicitor-General Phillips and Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Edwin B. Smith for the defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

Proceedings in rem were instituted in the District Court on the 7th of August, 1863, under the confiscation act of the 17th of July, 1862, against certain real property of the respondent; which proceedings resulted, on the 5th of April, 1865, in the condemnation of the property described in the libel. On the 11th of the same month a writ of venditioni exponas was issued, commanding the marshal...

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