Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court. . This is a plain case, and when the facts are stated, the question of law may be disposed of in a few words. The-plaintiff in error was the residuary legatee — or, in the language of Louisiana law, the universal legatee —of a certain John Mager, who was.a native of France, and migr…
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