MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a petition in the name of the United States, on the relation of Judah Hart, a citizen of New York, for a mandamus to the Board of Liquidation of the city of New Orleans — a corporation organized under the laws of the State and having charge of the financial affairs of the city — to prepare and issue to him bonds of the city for the amount of his demand. The facts, as stated in the petition...
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