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NEW ORLEANS v. GAINES'S ADMINISTRATOR

Nos. 1293, 1320.

138 U.S. 595 (1891)

NEW ORLEANS v. GAINES'S ADMINISTRATOR. GAINES'S ADMINISTRATOR v. NEW ORLEANS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alfred Goldthwaite for Gaines's Administrator. Mr. Thomas J. Semmes was with him on the brief.

Mr. J.R. Beckwith for the city of New Orleans.

MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is the case which was before us in October term, 1888, and the decision in which will be found reported in 131 U.S. 191, under the name of New Orleans v. Gaines's Administrator. The suit was commenced in August, 1879, and was brought against the city of New Orleans to recover the rents, fruits, revenues and profits of 135 arpents of land, situated in the city...

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