Edward P. Fourniquet and Wife, and Martin W. Ewing and Wife v. John Perkins

57 U.S. 82

16 How. 82

14 L.Ed. 854

EDWARD P. FOURNIQUET AND WIFE, AND MARTIN W. EWING

AND WIFE, APPELLANTS,

v.

JOHN PERKINS.

December Term, 1853

THIS was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

The controversy between the parties had been at several different times, in various shapes before this court, as will be seen by reference to 6 Howard, 206, 7 Howard, 160, and 14 Howard, 313.

The case in 6 Howard was this: The Circuit Court had decreed, on the 12th of April, 1847, that a community of acquests and gains had existed between Perkins and wife,…