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BEAUREGARD, &C. v. THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS ET AL.

59 U.S. 497 (1855)

18 How. 497

GUSTAVUS T. BEAUREGARD, HEIR AND EXECUTOR OF MADAM EMILIE T. POULTNEY, COMPLAINANT AND APPELLANT, v. THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, WILLIAM H. LAYTON, AND OTHERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Henderson, for the appellants, and Mr. Taylor, for the appellees.

Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff's testatrix filed this bill in the circuit court to annul a sale of a portion of the succession of John Poultney, deceased, which had been made under the authority of decrees in the first district court of New Orleans, and of the court of probate of that city, alleging a defect of jurisdiction in the courts, and fraud and irregularity in the proceedings.

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