MAGER v. GRIMA ET AL.


49 U.S. 490 (1850)

8 How. 490

ALEXANDRINE MAGER, WIDOW COLLARD, OPPONENT AND PLAINTIFF IN THE MATTER OF THE SUCCESSION OF JOHN MAGER, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. FELIX GRIMA, TESTAMENTARY EXECUTOR OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN MAGER, DECEASED, AND THE TREASURER OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Jones, for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Coxe, for the defendants in error.


Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a plain case, and when the facts are stated, the question of law may be disposed of in a few words.

The plaintiff in error was the residuary legatee — or, in the language of Louisiana law, the universal legatee — of a certain John Mager, who was a native of France, and migrated to the United States after the cession of Louisiana. He died...

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