New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-24
THE COURTS.
United States District Court

| pentsl was amended by making deduction
! Of the quantity sold by John Lynd i$l|,-
| 5l3 40l, thus reducing the decree to
| $Y140 81 in scrip.
| mack, widow and heirs Of the late John
| Lynd, who had obtained the Judgment
| against the United States in the land case
| tie United States We. Lvnde, reported in III
! Wallace 632, addressed letter to the
| United States district attorney. from the
| facts of which the above remtt1tur was
| based and allowed
In this information they stated: THAT
Mrs. Gaines, who pretends to be the heir Of
| Daniel Clarke, has notified the Secretary
of the Interior that John LyDd had sold,
| by act before B. Pedechaud, August II,
| 1863, l5 1874 arpents to John Forbes 4 Co.,
| and by act before Michel de Armas, August
| Il, 1912, had sold 5410 arpents to Daniel
| Clarke"
That District Attorney Beckwith had
| been directed by the United States Attor-
| new General to institute against the heirs
| and successful parties bill OF review TO
withdraw those portions OF land Lynd had
| sold in his lite time.
The heirs state in this letter: eve have
| no recollection Of any such transaction in
| the life time of John Lynd, or at any time
| before the decision of our case by the Su-
preme Court CT the United States. But we
| are now informed by counsel that the DEEDS
| or acts Of sale are of record and genuine
! documents, and the lands therein embraced
are part of the g., 025 arpents Lynd had pur-
| chased from the Spanish government OF
| West Florida, for which we have obtained
| Indictment for their equivalent IN scrip
| n 253 75-l00 acres.
therefore the heirs could not object to
| the diminution of the judgment pro tat'to
| though they had been unaware OF the sales
| A notification accompanied the letter TO
| the Departments of Justice and Interior,
| protest against the allotment o. o4'O ar
| nents ''nOmiuaHy sold to Clarke" to any
! other parties but the heirs; belonging as
! thew do, that the sale was made as a secu-
rity, and was done away with after Lynhs
| death by his executor, and 1t Is intended
| bv the heirs to contest before the proper
| tribunal any other party's claim beside the
P, j, Kennedy VS.. J. NJ White.-The
conrt. on a rule to sell the steamer Katie,
made by the official custodian and the mar
shall, decreed:
/ That the petition and rule be dismissed
without prejudice to either party, and that
in default Of the complaining creditor fur.
niFhing to the marshal bond in the sum OF
| $4,000 within twenty-four hours, that the
warrant issued in this bankruptcy be re-
voked. and the marshal be authorized to
| release the steamer Katie, on payment OF
| costs.
The official information from the Clerk OF
~ iIo,Iao Of PpTrpspntatives was snread
~ ~ Tn;nn+as That under the provisions
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1867. he has selected the IttetGgeucer, pub
Ished at Monroe, Louisiana, II place OF the
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Supreme Soafto
This tribunal was in session yesterday.
Present-Chlef Justice Lu9eIHg az" 0uS'
tees Howell, Taliaterr0 and WHY.
Justice KennaTd was absent, but Che
opinions prepared By him TsIeoat lis re.
! a1est. read by Justice Howell
The following decisions We're rendered.
State of Louisiana Nc. the North LoUs!-
ana and Texas Railroad Company ~Appea!
from the district court, parish OF OuaChlta.-
In this case the judgment appealed from IS
reversed. and there is JUDGMENT IN favor OF
defendants, rejecting plaintiffs demand.
! The opinion, which is quite lengthYo was
read by Justice Howell, Justices IaAaterrH
and kennard GCLeurTlngo Mr. Chief
Justice Ludeling being interested. was re
cused. The facts 81 the ease are as to!-
| lows: The State OF LOUISIANA, through az
torney General Belden, instituted suit IN
, September, 1872. 10 recover from the com
panv the sum of $ll2,809, with legal inter
est from specified dates, subject to certain
credits, 1t being the amount OF the interest
coupons, which were taken up and PAID by
the State on SAG bonds Of $1,000 each, issued
to said company in 1863 or 1870, pursuanttC
act los OF 1865, by WHch me company
were required to deposit with tie state
Treasurer the money 10 8 9y &c I d6o IN IN.
: terest; also, the sum OF $$7t9'ooVi Ihf
principal OF sala oon9s' WIN tn9 legdi
interest from judicial demand, ana 10 eH
force Ihe seC9nu tLioI ~ 10 1+ros
act upon said railroad ana all us hAIures
r0lng sIock anu aI i+e ~ anE
5He pay luon t " 10 ,ossassion Of 30l
lastly 10 " IodrI ilIo@aiIv iseneG
oors' W fto1 +Iav 7Tara in oIe
- Ghe SaiH 90 p"t 3Jo,;t 40 ,acas
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HE answer contains a general denial anC
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