Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a bill in chancery, brought here by an appeal from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.
The complainants filed their bill, alleging themselves to be the legitimate heirs of Robert Brockett, deceased, and claiming as such one-half of the real and personal property of which he died seized and possessed. The defendants filed their answers, denying the allegations of the bill. An issue at...
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