Mayor, &C. of New Orleans v. United States

30 U.S. 449 (____)

5 Pet. 449

THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND INHABITANTS OF NEW ORLEANS, APPELLANTS

vs.

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Mr. Livingston, for the appellants; Mr. Berrein, attorney general, for the United States.

In that court the United States filed a petition stating: That the mayor of the city of New Orleans, in pursuance of an ordinance of the city council, had advertised for sale certain lots therein described: that by virtue of the treaty of cession, all vacant lots belonged to the United States: that those lots were vacant: that the city of New Orleans had…