[saih-promo2002] was Congress, any way, but a roomful of men whom nobody heeded?

[Kressin]

D be permitted to return; and a bill was passed known as the Trespass
Act, whereby all persons who had quit their homes by reason of the
enemy's presence might recover damages in an action of trespass against
such persons as had since taken possession of the premises. Defendants
in such cases were expressly barred from pleading a military order in
justification of their possession. As there was scarcely a building on
the island of New York that had not thus changed hands during the
British occupation, it was easy to foresee what confusion must ensue.
Every
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