Beauregard, &C. v. 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. It was . a bill filed by Madame Emilie Poultney, in her lifetime, against the city of New Orleans, and about eight- hundred and fifty other parties, some of whom included a number of persons, such, as the Presbyterian Church, Bank of the United States, &c. &c. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
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This was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States, for the eastern-district of Louisiana. It was . a bill filed by Madame Emilie Poultney, in her lifetime, against the city of New Orleans, and about eight- hundred and fifty other parties, some of whom included a number of persons, such, as the Presbyterian Church, Bank of the United States, &c. &c. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court. In November, 1854, the circuit court dismissed the bill, and the complainant appealed to this court.-
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
The plaintiff’s testatrix filed this bill in the circuit court to annul a sale of a portion of the succession of John Poultney, deceased, which had been made under -the authority of decrees in the first district court of New Orleans, and of the court of •probate of that city, alleging a defect of jurisdiction in the courts, and fraud and irregularity in the proceedings.
Her title to the succession is as heir at law of the children, and heirs of John Poultney, of whom she was the mother.
In May, 1818, John Poultney, a merchant of New Orleans, purchased of Mad. Rousseau, her plantation lying on…
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