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SHIELDS ET AL. v. BARROW

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58 U.S. 130 (1855)

17 How. 130

15 L.Ed. 158

WILLIAM B. SHIELDS AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, v. ROBERT R. BARROW.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 20, 1855.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Benjamin, for the appellants, and by Mr. Janin, for the appellee.

Mr. Justice CURTIS delivered the opinion of the court.

To make intelligible the questions decided in this case, an outline of some part of its complicated proceedings must be given. They were begun by a bill in equity, filed in the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana, on the 19th of December, 1842, by Robert R. Barrow, a citizen of the State of Louisiana, against Mrs. Victoire Shields,...

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