Fourniquet v. Perkins
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an ■ appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. In the year 1818, Mary Bynum, the widow of Benjamin By-nhm deceased, was living in the parish of Concordia-, State of Louisiana, with four children, of whom Harriet, the wife of the appellant, was one. In August, 1818, Mrs. Bynum intermarried with John Perkins, the present appellee. In August, 1824, Mrs. Perkins died.
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This was an ■ appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. In the year 1818, Mary Bynum, the widow of Benjamin By-nhm deceased, was living in the parish of Concordia-, State of Louisiana, with four children, of whom Harriet, the wife of the appellant, was one. In August, 1818, Mrs. Bynum intermarried with John Perkins, the present appellee. In August, 1824, Mrs. Perkins died. In March, 1827, Perkins filed two inventories and appraise-ments in the Parish Court; one, of the estate ,of Benjamin By-num, deceased,, amounting to $ 26,055, and the other of Mrs.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daniel
Althougn the decree of the Circuit Court is accompanied by no opinion or argument setting out in extenso the grounds .on which the bill of the appellants (the plaintiffs below) was dismissed, yet the foundation of this decree is plainly disclosed by reference to the plea of the defendant below, referred to and sustained by the Circuit Court in its fullest extent. This plea assumes the position that the matters drawn into controversy by the bill had been previously litigated between these parties, and by a court of competent jurisdiction adjudged and settled against the complainants. The…
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