Knight v. Murchison
Supreme Court of Louisiana
■ Appeal by the intervenor from a. decision of the District Court, for the parish of Concordia, Tenney, J.
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
Jane Murchison, the wife of the defendant prosecutes this appeal from a judgment dismissing her demand as an intervening party in this suit. She claims as her property three slaves named Lawrence, Nat, and Nancy, which have been attached as belonging to her husband. The petition of intervention sets forth that she purchased these slaves of Sarah Wheeling, in Hinds county, State of Mississippi, by act under private signature, date'd the 1st of November, 1839, and that by the laws of that State, where she acquired them, she is entitled and empowered to acquir'd, own, and hold property in her…
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