George v. Fitzgerald
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Western Dist APPEAL FROM TIIE COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF RAPIDES, TIIE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT PRESIDING. This is a redhibitory action.
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Western Dist APPEAL FROM TIIE COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF RAPIDES, TIIE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT PRESIDING. This is a redhibitory action. The plaintiff alleges, that in April 1835, at New Orleans, he purchased from one William H. Fitzgerald, of Pittsylvania county, Virginia, a number of slaves, amongst them Daniel, for eight hundred and fifty dollars, Winney for six hundred and fifty dollars, and Billy for eight hundred and seventy-five dollars, making in all two thousand three'hundred and seventy-five dollars, which said slaves were warranted and guaranteed against…
1Opinion of the Court
Martin, J., delivered the opinion of the court..
This is a redhibitory action against the defendant, who resides in the state of Virginia, upon a sale made by him of several slaves, to the plaintiff, in this state. A curator ad hoc was appointed to the defendant, under the fifty-seventh article of the Louisiana Code, which provides for such an appointment, when the defendant resides out of the state, and has no agent or attorney therein; and also in pursuance of the 116th article of the Code of Practice, which contains a similar provision.
The curator ad hoc filed a plea to the jurisdiction of…
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