La Abra Silver Mining Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The questions involved in this case arose from a claim made by the La Abra Silver Mining Company, a New York corporation, for damages alleged to .have been sustained in consequence of certain acts and omissions of duty upon the part of official representatives of the Eepublic of Mexico.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The questions involved in this case arose from a claim made by the La Abra Silver Mining Company, a New York corporation, for damages alleged to .have been sustained in consequence of certain acts and omissions of duty upon the part of official representatives of the Eepublic of Mexico. The claim was originally the subject of investigation by a Commission organized pursuant to a Convention between the United States of America and the Eepublic of Mexico concluded July 4, 1868, and proclaimed February 1, 1869. 15 Stat.* 679. An award was made by the Commission…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
In the light of this history of the claim of the La Abra Company we proceed to the consideration of such of the principal questions presented in argument as are essential to the disposition of the case.
I. If, as insisted by the appellants, the above act of December 28, 1892, was not so approved by the President as to become under the Constitution a law, it would be unnecessary to consider any other question raised by the pleadings; for that act is the only basis of jurisdiction in the Court of Claims to render a judgment that would be conclusive between the parties and which could be reviewed…
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