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UNITED STATES v. LYNDE

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78 U.S. 632 (1871)

11 Wall. 632

20 L.Ed. 230

UNITED STATES, v. LYNDE.

Supreme Court of United States.

May 1, 1871.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The court below decided in favor of the claim, and the United States brought the case here. It was submitted on briefs of Mr. Akerman, Attorney-General, and Mr. C.H. Hill, Assistant Attorney-General, for the United States, and of Mr. Louis Janin, contra, for the claimant.

Mr. Justice BRADLEY stated the history and nature of the title on both sides, and delivered the opinion of the court.

Louisiana, as possessed by the French prior to 1763, embraced not only the entire territory west of the Mississippi, but also extended east of that river, along the Gulf of Mexico, as far as the Perdido, the present boundary between Alabama and Florida. By the treaties of 1763 France ceded the latter portion, lying east of the Mississippi, except the...

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