Ex Parte Atocha
Supreme Court of the United States
.Petition and motion for mandamus: the ease being thus : By the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, made on the 2d of February, 1848, between the United States and Mexico, the United States exonerated Mexico from all demands of their citizens, which had previously arisen, and had not been decided against that government, and engaged to satisfy them to an amount not exceeding §3,250,000..
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.Petition and motion for mandamus: the ease being thus : By the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, made on the 2d of February, 1848, between the United States and Mexico, the United States exonerated Mexico from all demands of their citizens, which had previously arisen, and had not been decided against that government, and engaged to satisfy them to an amount not exceeding §3,250,000.. They also stipulated for the establishment of a board of commissioners to ascertain the Validity and amount of the claims, and provided that its awards should be final.* In execution of this stipulation Congress, on…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The question for determination is, whether, under the acts of Congress investing the Court of Claims with general jurisdiction to hear .and determine claims, an appeal lies from its decision in this case. If an appeal is authorized it 'must be by the provisions of the act of March 3d, 1863, amending the act establishing the Court of Claims, oi; of the act of June 25th, 1868, providing for appeals from its judgments.
The original act of February 24th, 1855, establishing the .court, gave it jurisdiction to hear and determine all claims founded upon any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of…
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