Cayuga Nation of Indians v. . the State
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from decision of the board of claims made April 10, 1882, dismissing a claim for a share of certain annuities specified in the opinion. The board of claims had no jurisdiction of the claim.
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Appeal from decision of the board of claims made April 10, 1882, dismissing a claim for a share of certain annuities specified in the opinion. The board of claims had no jurisdiction of the claim. (Laws of 1876, chap. 444, § 2.) This claim does not come within the designation of a private claim against the State under the act of 1876. (Case of the N. Y. Indians, 5 Wall. 761; N. Y. v. Dibble, 21 How. 366; Worcester v. Georgia, 6 Pet. 515; McKay v. Campbell, 2 Saw. 118.) These claimants stand in the same relation to this State as any- independent political community would occupy. (McKay v.…
1Opinion of the CourtDanforth, J.
This proceeding was' instituted before the board of audit in February, 1883, and afterward, by statute, transferred to the board of claims. The facts stated were' substantially the same as those in People, ex rel. “That portion of the Cayuga Nation of Indians residing in Canada,” v. The Board of Commissioners of the Land Office, just decided by this court. * The appellant claimed to recover first, §448,000 as their share of all the annuities promised by the State to “ The Cayuga Nation of Indians,” by the treaties of 1789 and 1795, falling due since 1810; or, second, for a share of those…
2Cited by5 opinions
- Seneca Nation v. ChristySupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Andrews v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1948
- People Ex Rel. Cayuga Nation of Indians v. Commissioners of Land OfficeNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- In re Buffalo, New York & Erie RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1896
- In re Buffalo, New York & Erie RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1896