Williams v. Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
A suit was brought by the Attorney-General of Louisiana in the name of the State, in the Superior Court of the District for the Parish of New Orleans against Charles Clinton, State auditor, and Antoine Dubuclet, State treasurer. The petition enumerated a great number of claims against the State which it declared to be illegal and void, and which it was feared the auditor would allow, and the treasurer pay, against which action the petition prayed for an injunction. Among these claims, the only one which demands our attention was one for $2,500,000 of State bonds issued under the act of the…
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- Hovey v. FosterIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
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