Brockett v. Brockett
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the "District of Columbia, in and for the county of Alexandria.. The-case is-sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. justice McLEAN
delivered the opinion of the court,
This is a bill in chancery, brought here by an appeal from the-Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.
The complainants filed their bill, alleging themselves to be the .legitimate heirs of'Robert Brockett, deceased, and claiming as such one-half of the real and personal property of which he died'seized • and possessed. The defendants filed their answers, denying the allegations of the bill. An issue at law was directed to try the legitimacy of the complainants, and after hearing the evidence, the jury found a verdict in their favour.
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