Evans v. Pike
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OR THE UNITED STATES EOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OR LOUISIANA. This was a petitory action in tbe nature of an action of ejectment at common law. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. A former hearing of the cause is reported in Pike v. Evans, 94 U. S. 6.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
This is a petitory suit brought by Marie P. Evans and her husband, the plaintiffs in error, to recover a plantation of 1911 acres, called the Richland plantation, situated in the parish of West Feliciana, near Baton Rouge, in the State of Louisiana. The action was originally commenced against William S. Pike, and is continued against his widow and heirs, the defendants in error. The plaintiffs claim the property under a gratuitous donation made by Ackley Perkins to his niece, the said Marie P. Evans (then Marie Linton), by act of donation dated September 5, 1861. The title of the defendants…
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