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NEW ORLEANS v. GAINES'S ADMINISTRATOR

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131 U.S. 191 (1889)

NEW ORLEANS v. GAINES'S ADMINISTRATOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1889.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry C. Miller and Mr. J.R. Beckwith for appellant.

Mr. John A. Campbell, Mr. Thomas J. Semmes and Mr. Alfred Goldthwaite for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.

The complainant's claim in this suit is that the city of New Orleans, as unlawful possessor and vendor of the property, is primarily responsible in the same manner and to the same extent as it would have been if it had never sold any part of it, but had remained in possession of the whole from the time of

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