Hancock v. Holbrook
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL EROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OE LOUISIANA. This cause was argued by counsel on the merits. The jurisdictional question raised by the pleadings is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice "Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.
This suit was brought in a State court of Louisiana, on the 25th of November, 1876, by Edward C. Hancock, a citizen of Louisiana, against Eliza Jane Holbrook, George W. Nicholson, R. W. Holbrook, and Chas. T. Howard, all of the city of New Orleans, as stated in the petition, to establish an alleged title of Holbrook to f J- parts of all the property, rights, assets and good will of the “New Orleans Picayune Newspaper and Printing Establishment,” then in the possession of the defendants at New Orleans. All the defendants were served…
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