Louisiana v. Mississippi
Supreme Court of the United States
IN EQUITY. The State of Louisiana by leave of court filed her bill against the 'State of Mississippi, October 27, 1902, to obtain- a decree determining a boundary line between the two States and requiring the State of Mississippi to recognize and observe the fine so determined.
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IN EQUITY. The State of Louisiana by leave of court filed her bill against the 'State of Mississippi, October 27, 1902, to obtain- a decree determining a boundary line between the two States and requiring the State of Mississippi to recognize and observe the fine so determined. The bill alleged: “1st. That the State of Louisiana was admitted into the Union of the United States of America by the act of Congress, found in chapter 50 of the United States Statutes at Large, volume 2, page 701, approved April 6th, 1812, and therein .the boundaries .of the said State of Louisiana, in the preamble…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
The demurrer was overruled because the court was of opinion that the bill presented a prima facie case of justiciable controversy between the State of Louisiana and the State of Mississippi as to the boundary line between them, and we are clear that the proofs establish the existence of such a controversy as to fully sustain our jurisdiction.
It is apparent that the enforcement of the oyster legislation of the two States led to a conflict between the authorities of both, which involved a dispute as to the true boundary -line.
In 1886 the State of Louisiana passed an act vesting the power to…
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