Craighead v. Wilson
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States, for the eastern district of Louisiana.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
This is an appeal from the circuit court of the United States, for the eastern district of Louisiana.
During the opening argument of this case, doubts were suggested whether the decree of the circuit court was filial within the act of cQngress, and the attention of the court was directed to that question.
The complainants filed their bill in the circuit court, claiming as heirs a part of the property of Joseph and Lavinia Erwin, deceased. Erwin died in 1829, in the parish of Iberville, having made his will in 1828. His property, real and personal, was much embarrassed; the persons claiming an…
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