Gaines v. New Orleans
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came here upon appeal from the Circuit Court of the District of Louisiana. Tt was a bill in equity, tiled by Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, December 22d, 1856, against certain defendants, ir^ which she sought to recover very valuable real estate, situated in New Orleans, which belonged, as she alleged, to Daniel Clark, her father, who died in New Orleans, in August, 1813, Mrs. Gaines claiming title as universal legatee under a last will of his made in 1813. The bill…
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This case came here upon appeal from the Circuit Court of the District of Louisiana. Tt was a bill in equity, tiled by Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, December 22d, 1856, against certain defendants, ir^ which she sought to recover very valuable real estate, situated in New Orleans, which belonged, as she alleged, to Daniel Clark, her father, who died in New Orleans, in August, 1813, Mrs. Gaines claiming title as universal legatee under a last will of his made in 1813. The bill alleged,— 1st. That the complainant was the only legitimate child of Clark. 2d. That all the property sought to be recovered…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Davis
It was supposed, after the decision in Gaines v. Hennen,* that the litigation, pursued in one form and another for over thirty years, by the complainant, to vindicate her rights in the estate of her father, was ended. But this reasonable expectation has not been realized; for other cases, involving the same issues and pleadings, and supported by the same evidence, are before'us; and we are asked to review the principles of law and questions of fact, on which the Hennen decision was pronounced, and thus reopen the whole contro-, versy. The legal principles, on which that case was decided, aré…
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