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ERWIN v. PARHAM ET AL.

53 U.S. 197 (1851)

12 How. 197

ANDREW ERWIN, APPELLANT, v. WILLIAM S. PARHAM, JAMES DICK, AND HENRY R.W. HILL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Johnson, who made the following points:

Mr. Justice CATRON delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes up from the equity side of the Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit and District of Louisiana, by appeal from a decree supporting a demurrer to a bill of complaint filed by the present appellant.

The bill, filed 24th February, 1847, states, in substance, that in the year 1842, one William M. Beal, a resident of the city of New Orleans, obtained judgment...

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