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ERWIN v. UNITED STATES

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97 U.S. 392 (1878)

24 L.Ed. 1065

ERWIN, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

December 2, 1878.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John J. Weed and Mr. Enoch Totten for the appellant.

Mr. Assistant-Attorney-General Smith, contra.

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

The purpose of the statute passed for the relief of the appellant, as is manifest on its face, was to remove the bar of the Captured and Abandoned Property Act, which had arisen without his fault, or rather to confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims over his case, which otherwise would not have existed. It was not intended to enlarge or affect...

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