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THE OUACHITA COTTON

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73 U.S. 521 (1868)

6 Wall. 521

18 L.Ed. 935

THE OUACHITA COTTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

April 6, 1868.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The appeals were argued elaborately in this court, by Mr. R.M. Corwine, representing Withenbury & Doyle; Mr. Goold, representing Grieff & Zunts; and Messrs. Louis Janin and J.A. McClernand, representing LeMore.

Mr. Stanbery, A.G., and Mr. Ashton, special counsel of the United States, with Mr. L. Weldon, for the captors.

Mr. Justice SWAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

These three cases relate to the same cotton. The several appellants are conflicting claimants, and it will conduce to brevity and clearness in the expression of our views as to the merits of their respective claims, to dispose of all the cases together.

The cotton was seized on the bank of the Ouachita River, in the State of Louisiana, by the naval forces of the...

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