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SMITH v. COCKRILL

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73 U.S. 756 (1868)

6 Wall. 756

18 L.Ed. 973

SMITH, v. COCKRILL.

Supreme Court of United States.

April 6, 1868.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T.A. Hendricks and Mr. R. Breckenridge, for the plaintiff in error; Messrs. Clough and Wheat, with an elaborate brief of Mr. Lysander B. Wheat, setting out the statutes and authorities bearing on the case — contra.

Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

The State of Kansas was admitted into the Union by act of Congress on the 29th January, 1861, the fourth section of which provided, "that from and after the admission of the State of Kansas, as heretofore provided, all the laws of the United States, which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within that State as in other States of the Union: and the said State is hereby constituted...

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