Edwin Thomas Merrick
This file appears in: The Myra Clark Gaines Cases: “The Most Remarkable in the Records of its Courts”
Chief Justice Edwin Thomas Merrick presided over the Louisiana Supreme Court, which upheld the validity of Daniel Clark's 1813 will, bequeathing his fortune to his daughter, Myra Clark Gaines. Courtesy of The Louisiana Supreme Court.
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…