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FRELINGHUYSEN v. KEY

110 U.S. 63 (1884)

FRELINGHUYSEN, Secretary of State, v. KEY. LA ABRA SILVER MINING COMPANY v. FRELINGHUYSEN, Secretary of State.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 7th, 1884.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. P. Phillips, for Key.

Mr. Samuel Shellabarger, for the La Abra Silver Mining Company.

Mr. Solicitor-General, for the United States.

Mr. Attorney-General, for the United States.

Mr. John Goode, for Key, and Mr. Frederick P. Stanton, for La Abra Company.

Mr. T.W. Bartley filed a brief for the La Abra Company, and Mr. R.B. Warden a brief for Key.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

If we understand correctly the positions assumed by the different counsel for the relators, they are:

1. That the awards under the convention vested in the several claimants an absolute right to the amounts awarded them respectively, and that this right was property which neither the United States alone, nor the United States and Mexico together, could take...

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