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SHIELDS v. SCHIFF

124 U.S. 351 (1888)

SHIELDS v. SCHIFF.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 23, 1888.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. G.A. Breaux for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. John A. Campbell for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

Catherine Shields, a sister of Eustace Surget, deceased, and the children of two other sisters of his, claiming to be his nearest relatives and only heirs at law, (he having left neither ascendants nor descendants,) filed a petition in the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans against Arthur Schiff, in March, 1883, alleging that said Eustace, in 1860 and thereafter, owned certain property in New Orleans...

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