Frellsen & Co. v. Crandell
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP LOUISIANA. Congress, by an act entitled “An act to Aid the State of Louisiana in Draining the Swamp Lands therein,” approved March 2, 1849 (9 Stat. 352, c. 87), granted to that State “the whole of those swamp and overflowed lands” in her borders, “which may be or are found unfit for cultivation.”
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP LOUISIANA. Congress, by an act entitled “An act to Aid the State of Louisiana in Draining the Swamp Lands therein,” approved March 2, 1849 (9 Stat. 352, c. 87), granted to that State “the whole of those swamp and overflowed lands” in her borders, “which may be or are found unfit for cultivation.” See also act of September 28,1850,9 Stat. 519. In 1880 the general assembly of the State of Louisiana, by an act known as “Act 23 of 1880,” approved March 8, 1880 (Laws La., 1880, c. 84, p. 25),- authorized the governor of the State to institute proceedings…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
This .opinion, including the preliminary statement, was prepared by our Brother Brewer, and had been approved before his lamented death. It was recirculated and again agreed to, and is adopted as the opinion of the court.
■Petitioners contend that by their tender they made a contract with the State for a conveyance of the lands in controversy; that this contract was broken, and that they were deprived of their rights thereunder by the legislation of the State and the action of its officers in pursuance thereof; that thus a Federal question arises under Art. I, § 10, of the Constitution of the…
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