, 1879-08-17
SUING A STATE.

| Ono 5fate IAN Sue Another-Ne" d6mf~
shire to sur All tho. Repud1atIng gtates-
| The New St,tute for Doing It.
| New Hampshire has begun d policy which
| threatens tn cause soma trouble and expense to
! States which have tndulged in s'scaiing down"
their debts, or repudiat 'ng them in whole or in
part. Under the Constitution OF the Jniteu
States, private citizen cannot sue State; bur
one State may sue ano.her In the United States
Courts. The Constitution originally provided,
in Art. Ill.,, Sc:. 2 that 'the judicial power
shall extend to all cases between State
and cifizens OF another State,h etc. But, in
179i, when the first batch Of amendments were
adopted, the eleventh one declared that ;'the
judicial power Of the Uatel States shalt not be
| construed to extend to any suit in Law or equity
commenced or prosecuted against one Of the
| United States by citizens Of nno her State, Or
| by citizens or subjects Of an5 foreign ssate."
| This was because so many claims agn:nst the
different States grew out OF the Revolutionary
| War. But the Constitution still provides that
one State may sue ano-her in the United States
Courts
Some OF the heavy holders IN New York OF
repudiased State bonds at last resolved to sea
II something could not be made oat OF this
clause OF the Constitution. Ther prepared
bill providing that any citizen OF New York.
hold ng past-due claim against ano' her State:
might assign bis claim to the State OF New
York. and. on giving security for the costs, the
Acknowledgement OF New York should begin
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.,:. ~ 10 .,;T @v.r - he c,.;,s, essgn ,;,e
claim to the State. Tie Legislature passed. this
bill almost unanimously; but the Governor
vetoed It. Thereupon the hackers nf the scheme
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