Gaines v. Hennen
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. The case had been frequently before this court in various aspects; first, in 18 Peters, 404, then in 15 Peters, 9, 2 Howard, 619, 6 -Howard, 552, 15 Howard, 473.. In some of these reports large extracts are made from the record, illustrating the points of law and fact then under consideration, and also the evidence in support of them.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. The case had been frequently before this court in various aspects; first, in 18 Peters, 404, then in 15 Peters, 9, 2 Howard, 619, 6 -Howard, 552, 15 Howard, 473.. In some of these reports large extracts are made from the record, illustrating the points of law and fact then under consideration, and also the evidence in support of them. All of this past history was brought again to the notice of the court in the argument of - the present ease, which cannot be again recited in the present…
1Opinion of the Court
*556Mi’. Justice "WAYNE
delivered the opinion of the court.
We will first give some of the facts of this case, that the litigation which has grown out. of the wills, of Daniel Clark may be correctly understood. Without them it could not be.
They have been the subject of five appeals to this court. This is the sixth. It presents the controversy differently from what it has been before. It also presents points for decision which were not raised in either of the preceding cases. Some of those that were, however, will necessarily be mentioned in this opinion to illustrate their'connection with this…
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