Guerin's Heirs v. Bagneries
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the parish court for the parish and city of New Orleans. This is a petitory action. The plaintiffs who are the children and heirs of the late Madame Guerin, formerly Marguerite Ohauvin Delery, now [591] deceased, sue to recover a female slave named Oelestine and her daughter Fanny, which they allege they inherited from their deceased mother, and which are in the possession and claimed by the defendant Bagneries.
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Appeal from the parish court for the parish and city of New Orleans. This is a petitory action. The plaintiffs who are the children and heirs of the late Madame Guerin, formerly Marguerite Ohauvin Delery, now [591] deceased, sue to recover a female slave named Oelestine and her daughter Fanny, which they allege they inherited from their deceased mother, and which are in the possession and claimed by the defendant Bagneries. He sets up title to said slaves under a marshal’s sale, made in pursuance of a judgment and execution in favor of A. & J. Dennistoun & Oo. against Louis Guerin, the…
1Opinion of the CourtSimon, J.
• This case having been remanded for further proceedings (see 13 La. Bep. 17), the lower court, according to' the instructions of this court, permitted the plaintiffs to introduce parol evidence, to prove the execution of the act of settlement of the estate of Francis Ohauvin Delery, and to show that the slave Oelestine, by-them claimed, is the same that was inherited by the plaintiffs’ mother from her father. The_ defendant took a bill of exceptions, and judgment having been rendered in favor of said plaintiffs, said defendant and his warrantors appealed.
[593] The additional evidence adduced…
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