Ford v. Ford
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the court of the third judicial district, the judge of the eighth presiding. The defendant, Selah Ford, obtained an order of seizure and sale, on a judgment against Freeman Ford, (the husband of the plaintiff,) in the State of Mississippi, by virtue of which certain slaves were seized as the property of Freeman Ford, by the sheriff of East Baton Rouge.
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Appeal from the court of the third judicial district, the judge of the eighth presiding. The defendant, Selah Ford, obtained an order of seizure and sale, on a judgment against Freeman Ford, (the husband of the plaintiff,) in the State of Mississippi, by virtue of which certain slaves were seized as the property of Freeman Ford, by the sheriff of East Baton Rouge. Rhoda Ford obtained an injunction, alleging in her petition that the order of seizure and sale improperly issued, the record from Mississippi not being properly certified,and con-tainin gmoreover, many erasures and interlinea-tions.…
1Opinion of the CourtMathews, J.
In this case, Selah Ford, one of the the defendants, obtained an order of seizure and sale, on a judgment obtained against Freeman Ford, in the State of Mississippi, by virtue of which certain slaves were seized as the property of the latter, by the sheriff of East Baton Rouge. The plaintiff in the present suit, claims the property seized as belonging her, and obtained an injunction by which its sale was arrested. The injunction was afterwards dissolved and judgment of non-suit given against her, from which she appealed.
It appears by the record, that the order of seizure was obtained on the…
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