Shields v. Schiff
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE "STATE OF LOUISIANA. The case, and the federal question, are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice BeAdley
Catherine Shields, a sister of Eustace Surget, deceased, and the children of two other sisters of his, claiming to be his nearest relatives and only heirs at law, (he having left neither ascendants nor descendants,) filed a petition in the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans against Arthur Schiff, in March, 1883, alleging that said Eustace, in 1860 and thereafter, owned certain property in New Orleans, consisting of certain lots of ground and buildings, particularly described, acquired by purchase. from R P. Hunt by act passed Ajnjil 18th, I860; that, by proceedings in the United…
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