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EXECUTORS OF McDONOGH ET AL. v. MURDOCH ET AL.

56 U.S. 367 (1853)

15 How. 367

THE EXECUTORS OF JOHN McDONOGH, DECEASED, AND OTHERS, v. MARY MURDOCH AND OTHERS, HEIRS OF JOHN McDONOGH, DECEASED.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Brent, Mr. May, and Mr. Hunt, for the appellants, and by Mr. Benjamin and Mr. Johnson for the appellees.

Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellees are the heirs at law of John McDonogh, a native of the State of Maryland, who died at McDonogh, near New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, in 1850, leaving there a very large succession. In 1839, the decedent executed, at New Orleans, an olographic will for the disposal of the estate he might have at his death. This will is in a legal form, and has been...

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