Euphrosine Fouvergne v. The Municipality No. 2, of the City of New Orleans
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana, sitting as a court of-equity. The principal circumstances of the case, which furnished the basis of the judgment of this court, are set forth in the opinión. ■ The entire case was one which covered a vast deal of ground.
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This was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana, sitting as a court of-equity. The principal circumstances of the case, which furnished the basis of the judgment of this court, are set forth in the opinión. ■ The entire case was one which covered a vast deal of ground. For the appellants there was a brief filed by Mr. S. Paul, of nearly 150 pages, which was adopted by Mr. Taylor, and one by Mr. Taylor himself, of the same size. ' On the part of the appellees, the brief of Mr. Janin was only 30 pages. These papers contained a vast deal of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
The plaintiff filed her bill in chancery to recover a share of the succession of Marie Josepha Deslondes, (wife of Bertrand Gravier,) Who died at New Orleans, in November, 1792, without lineal heirs, she claiming to be one of the heirs at law of said decedent. After the death of his wife, Bertrand Gravier placed a petition before the first alcalde of New Orleans, stating that his wife had made- a will before a notary and three assisting witnesses; that the testamentary dispositions, as set down, conformed to her instructions, and were given while she was of a sound mind, but she had lost her…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Tarver v. TarverSupreme Court of the United States · 1835
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- Boal v. Metropolitan Museum of Art of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
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