Davis v. Gaines
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. The facts are stated fully in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woods
This was a bill in equity filed by Myra Clark Gaines, the appellee, against Minor Kenner; the intestate of Eliza Davis, the appellant, and a large number of other .defendants, to recover real estate, of which she claimed to be the' devisee under the will of her father, Daniel Clark. The defendants were alleged to be in. possession respectively of distinct parcels of the property sued for.
The 'facts, so far as they concern the controversy between the appellant and appellee, were as follows: Daniel Clark purchased the real estate in dispute between them from one Stephen Henderson, on Dec. 16,…
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