Abraham v. Casey
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. A statement somewhat in detail of the admitted facts concerning this protracted and involved litigation is essential in order to simplify and make clear the issues which arise for decision on this record. Jean Baptiste Cavailhez, a native of France, took up his residence about 1849 in what is now known as the parish of Yermilion, Louisiana.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. A statement somewhat in detail of the admitted facts concerning this protracted and involved litigation is essential in order to simplify and make clear the issues which arise for decision on this record. Jean Baptiste Cavailhez, a native of France, took up his residence about 1849 in what is now known as the parish of Yermilion, Louisiana. He married Earnestine Diaz, and they there lived together as man and wife, where a daughter, Marcelline, was born. In 1862 Cavailhez purchased a plantation and his. title was recorded, and on the 19th…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The Federal questions raised by the assignment of errors are that the court below refused to give due faith and credit to the decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the West- era District of Louisiana and to the decree of this court in the case of Lacassagne v. Chapuis, 144 U. S. 119.
To determine whether these contentions are well founded, the exact ground upon which the court below predicated its conclusion must be ascertained. The court decided that the decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana was not res adjudicata against…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Clarke v. ClarkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Lacassagne v. ChapuisSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Lacassagne v. AbrahamSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1896
- Lacassagne v. AbrahamSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1899
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- Isaac MacHover and Lola MacHover v. Abdrhmin Abdallah and Menrah Abdallah, Mohammed AbdallahCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964