1. Lamar v. Browne, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, April 17, 1876, Decided; OCTOBER, 1875 Term
OVERVIEW: Under the Abandoned and Captured Property Act, an owner of cotton seized at the end of the Civil War might have recovered its value, but was limited to suit against the government in the Court of Claims, and the government agents were not liable.
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