Louisiana v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Hie Reporters7 statement of the case: The case was appealed and submitted at the sáme term, and so far as relates to the counter-claim of the Government was reversed by the Supreme Court (vide post). The following are the facts as found by the court below, and upon which the case was considered by the Supreme Court: I. Of the 5 per cent, fund accruing to the State of Louisiana under the act of Congress approved February 20,1811 (2 Stat-L., 641), after deducting all sums paid…
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Hie Reporters7 statement of the case: The case was appealed and submitted at the sáme term, and so far as relates to the counter-claim of the Government was reversed by the Supreme Court (vide post). The following are the facts as found by the court below, and upon which the case was considered by the Supreme Court: I. Of the 5 per cent, fund accruing to the State of Louisiana under the act of Congress approved February 20,1811 (2 Stat-L., 641), after deducting all sums paid to the State and the amount embraced in a certain judgment rendered by the Court of Claims in No. 15295, Louisiana v.…
1Opinion of the CourtScofield, J.
These cases as consolidated embrace two claims] one arising under the Act February 20,1811 (2 Stat. L., 641), known as the 5 per cent, fund, amounting to $36,439.69; the other arising under the Acts September 28, 1850 (9 id., 519), and March 2, 1855 (10 id., 634), known as the swamp-land indemnity fund, amounting to $7,133.02. There is no contest about these amounts.
*57The defendants contend that the court has no jurisdiction, under section 1089 of the Be vised Statutes, over so much of the claim as was deposited in the Treasury more than sis years before the petition was filed, and that the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Emigrant Co. v. County of WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- State of Louisiana v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1887