GAINES v. NEW ORLEANS


73 U.S. 642 (____)

6 Wall. 642

GAINES v. NEW ORLEANS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. McConnell and Taylor, for the appellants, relied largdy on Gaines v. Relf; Messrs. Cushing and H.D. Stone (with a brief of Mr. Stone), contra.


Mr. Justice DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court.

It was supposed, after the decision in Gaines v. Hennen,* that the litigation, pursued in one form and another for over thirty years, by the complainant, to vindicate her rights in the estate of her father, was ended. But this reasonable expectation has not been realized; for other cases, involving the same issues and pleadings, and supported...

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