SMITH ET AL. v. GAINES


93 U.S. 341 (____)

SMITH ET AL. v. GAINES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on printed argument by Mr. James McConnell for the plaintiffs in error.

Argued by Mr. James Emott for the defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

Mrs. Gaines, the defendant in error, having recovered a decree against the City of New Orleans for the sum of $125,266.79, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana, the city took an appeal to this court; and, for the purpose of superseding the execution of the decree, the plaintiffs in error gave the bond which is the foundation of the present suit. The decree was affirmed; and,...

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