Bradford's Heirs v. Clark
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE EIGHTH PRESIDING. This is an action of revendication of a slave, alleged to be illegally possessed and claimed by the defendant. The plaintiffs are the heirs and legal representatives of Nathan Bradford, deceased.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE EIGHTH PRESIDING. This is an action of revendication of a slave, alleged to be illegally possessed and claimed by the defendant. The plaintiffs are the heirs and legal representatives of Nathan Bradford, deceased. They allege, that at the death of their ancestor, a negro man slave, named Wilson, belonged to his succession, worth seven hundred dollars; that said slave was directed by defendant, to be put in the inventory of said succession, at the death of Nathan Bradford, in 1825 or 1826; that since then he has taken…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The plaintiffs allege, that they are the heirs at law, of Nathan Bradford, deceased, who was at the time of his death, the owner of a slave named Wilson, worth seven hundred dollars. They further allege, that after the decease of their ancestor, the said slave came illegally into the possession of the defendant; that the defendant has a bill of sale for the slave, but that the same was given without consideration, or for less than one-half the value of the slave, and that it is *151an act under private signature, and has never been recorded. It is further alleged, that after the death oí…
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