New York Supreme Court January 3, 1870 (Harder v. Boyce)

By the Court, Brady, J.

At the time the notice of dishonor was deposited in the post office in this city, addressed to the defendant, at his residence in Greenville, South Carolina, that State, with others, had seceded from the United States; the federal representatives therein had either' suecumbéd to the rebellious movement, or been supplanted; the political and judicial power of the federal