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- Title: Hanauer v. Doane
- Author : United States Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 01, 1870
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
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Messrs. Watkins and Rose, for the plaintiffs in error; Mr. A. H. Garland, contra. We have already decided, in the case of Texas v. White,1 that a contract made in aid of the late rebellion, or in furtherance and support thereof, is void. The same doctrine has been laid down in most of the circuits, and in many of the State courts, and must be regarded as the settled law of the land. Any contract, tinctured with the vice of giving aid and support to the rebellion, can receive no countenance or sanction from the courts of the country. Are the notes in suit of this kind? A portion of their consideration was stores and supplies furnished to the army contractor of the Confederate government, and another portion was due-bills issued for the same consideration, and received by Hunter & Oakes with full notice of their character. If either of these portions of the consideration on which the notes were given was illegal, the notes are void in toto. Such is the elementary rule, for which it is unnecessary to cite authorities.