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Legal Citation: 74 U.S. 700 (1869)

Appellant
State of Texas

Appellees
George W. White, John Chiles, et al.

Appellant's Claim
That securities sold to the appellees by a Confederate military board were the property of the state of Texas and should be returned.

Chief Lawyers for Appellant
R. T. Merrick, George W. Pascal

Chief Lawyers for Appellees
P. Phillips, J. M. Carlisle, S. S. Cox, J. W. Moore

Justices for the Court
Salmon Portland Chase (writing for the Court), Nathan Clifford, David Davis, Stephen Johnson Field, Samuel Nelson

Justices Dissenting
Robert Cooper Grier, Samuel Freeman Miller, Noah Haynes Swayne (James M. Wayne had died in office and had not been replaced)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
12 April 1869

Decision
In favor of the...