Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Sutter” in chapter 23 of Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler:
...ere to argue a motion in that court, but I did not do so as the case was settled.
The first important case that I argued in the Supreme Court was in 1857.
It was Sutter vs. the United States.
Sutter had been fortunate enough to find gold in the raceway of his sawmill near Sacramento in 1849.
The case involved the effect of the laws and action of the provincial governors of Mexico in granting t...
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| † | Sutter | 67 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
| John A. Sutter | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| John Augustus Sutter | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Mexico Sutter | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| L. Sutter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| John Sutter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
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