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FOUVERGNE ET AL. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS ET AL.

59 U.S. 470 (1855)

18 How. 470

EUPHROSINE FOUVERGNE ET AL. APPELLANTS, v. THE MUNICIPALITY NO. 2, OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Taylor and Mr. Lewis for the appellants, and by Mr. Janin, for the appellees.

Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff filed her bill in chancery to recover a share of the succession of Marie Josepha Deslondes, (wife of Bertrand Gravier,) who died at New Orleans, in November, 1792, without lineal heirs, she claiming to be one of the heirs at law of said decedent. After the death of his wife, Bertrand Gravier placed a petition before the first alcalde of New Orleans, stating that his wife had made a will before...

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