Deemer v. Porter

This suit was brought in the Parish Court against William Porter, in his lifetime, and was, after issue had been joined, subsequently transferred to the court, a qua, and there revived against his testamentary executrix.

The plaintiff represents, that about one year before the institution of the suit, she deposited with the defendant a sum of three hundred dollars for safe keeping, as also a 'arge quantity of furniture, which she sent to his house, and which was there received by him ; and that the balance of her furniture, jewelry, &c., was forcibly and fraudulently taken away by him from her…