Myra Clark Gaines
This file appears in: The Myra Clark Gaines Cases: “The Most Remarkable in the Records of its Courts.”
This 1850 daguerreotype portrait of Myra Clark Gaines can be seen at the Louisiana State Museum. It is signed "Whitehurst" on the lower right corner of the mat. The case is embossed with gold leaf, has two catches and is lined with red velvet. Courtesy of the Louisiana State Museum.
This file appears in: The Myra Clark Gaines Cases: “The Most Remarkable in the Records of its Courts.”
The Myra Clark Gaines Cases: “The Most Remarkable in the Records of its Courts.”
While located in the Cabildo, the Louisiana Supreme Court decided several cases in the Myra Clark Gaines litigation. Lasting for more than fifty years, the Myra Clark Gaines litigation is known as the longest case in US history, beginning around…