Samuel Nelson

“ The defendant also claims that the 123 bales in question are captured or abandoned property.
A large amount of evidence was taken in the cause on both sides upon the issues thus raised. The cotton had been sequestered and delivered to the plaintiff on his giving a bond as security for the same. The court rendered a judgment for the plaintiff. It was rendered on the 29th January, 1868. A statement of facts is found in the record, at page 83, by the judge, filed May 13, 1868-some three months and a half after the rendition of the judgment. ”

“ J. Hubley Ashton, T. D. Lincoln, and E. C. Billings, for defendant in error.
Notes
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