The Heirs of Wilson v. THE LIFE & FIRE INS. CO. OF NY
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana; moved to dismiss the writ of error. 1. Because no persons are named in the writ as plaintiffs; but they are' described, generally, as The Heirs of Nicholas Wilson. 2. That .the widow of Nicholas Wilson, who is interested in the suit, did not join in the application for the writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
•Mr. Chief Justice Taney
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The proceedings in this case were instituted in the district court for the eastern district of Louisiana, for the purpose of procuring the sale of certain property mortgaged by Nicholas Wilson in his lifetime, to the Life and Fire Insurance Company of New York. The widow and children of the deceased were, made defendants in the petition, and the judgment in the district court was in favour of the plaintiffs. The widow;, it appears, was entitled to her community in the property mortgaged; and had taken the property of the deceased, as…
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