Gaines v. New Orleans

THIS case came here upon appeal from the Circuit Court of the District of Louisiana. It was a bill in equity, filed by Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, December 22d, 1856, against certain defendants, in which she sought to recover very valuable real estate, situated in New Orleans, which belonged, as she alleged, to Daniel Clark, her father, who died in New Orleans, in August, 1813, Mrs. Gaines claiming title as universal legatee under a last will of his made in 1813.