UNITED STATES v. LOUISIANA


123 U.S. 32 (1887)

UNITED STATES v. LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 24, 1887.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Heber J. May for appellant.

Mr. William E. Earle for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought in the Court of Claims by the State of Louisiana against the United States, to recover two demands, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of $71,385.83. The first of these demands arises upon the act of Congress of February 20, 1811, 2 Stat. 641, c. 21, "to enable the people of Orleans to form a constitution and state government," the fifth section...

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