GAINES v. RELF ET AL., 53 U.S. 472 (1851)

MYRA CLARK GAINES, APPELLANT, v. RICHARD RELF, AND BEVERLY CHEW, EXECUTORS OF DANIEL CLARK AND OTHERS. DECEMBER TERM, 1851. Myra Clark Gaines filed a bill in chancery, alleging her claim to certain property upon the ground that Clark, who died seized of the property, had been married to Zulime, the mother of the complainant: The […]

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53 U.S. 472

53 U.S. 472 53 U.S. 472 12 How. 472 13 L.Ed. 1071 MYRA CLARK GAINES, APPELLANT,v.RICHARD RELF, AND BEVERLY CHEW, EXECUTORS OF DANIELCLARK AND OTHERS. December Term, 1851 Mr. Chief Justice Taney and Mr. Justice McLean did not sit in this cause. 1 THIS was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States […]

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