Fourniquet v. Perkins
Supreme Court of the United States
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 ac-quests and gains had existed between Perkins and wife, during the…
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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 ac-quests and gains had existed between Perkins and wife, during the marriage, and that the present appellants, representing Mrs. Perkins, were entitled to an account. Accordingly, the matter…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
-This case came before the eourt some years ago, on an appeal from an interlocutory order of the Circuit Court, which , stated that the appéllants were entitled, to recover certain claims set out in their bill, and directed ah account to be taken by the master. It is reported 6 How. 206i The appeal was dismissed, upon the ground that an appeal would not lie from an interlocutory order, and the case was remanded to the court below, with directions to proceed to a final decree. Upon receiving this mandate the Circuit Court proceeded to take the account upon the principles stated in its…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Perkins v. FourniquetSupreme Court of the United States · 1853
- Fourniquet v. PerkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1849
3Cited by1 opinion
- Edward P. Fourniquet and Wife, and Martin W. Ewing and Wife v. John PerkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1854