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UNITED STATES v. LOUISIANA

No. 1388.

127 U.S. 182 (1888)

UNITED STATES v. LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 23, 1888.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mr. William E. Earle and Mr. James L. Pugh, Jr. for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by the United States from a judgment of the Court of Claims, awarding to the State of Louisiana the sum of $43,572.71.

There are claims of two kinds involved in the suit. The first claim arises under the act of February 20, 1811, c. 21, 2 Stat. 641, which authorized the inhabitants of Louisiana to form a constitution and a state government. The 5th section of that act provided as...

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