Psyche v. Paradol
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE PARISH COURT, OP THE PARISH AND CITY OP NEW-ORLEANS. This action is brought to recover from the original defendant, a negro woman with her two children, and the hire of the said slaves. To the petition, the original defendant filed on the 18th of July, 1832, an exception, viz. that it did not contain the residence of the plaintiff, and prayed that on this ground the petition might be dismissed.
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APPEAL FROM THE PARISH COURT, OP THE PARISH AND CITY OP NEW-ORLEANS. This action is brought to recover from the original defendant, a negro woman with her two children, and the hire of the said slaves. To the petition, the original defendant filed on the 18th of July, 1832, an exception, viz. that it did not contain the residence of the plaintiff, and prayed that on this ground the petition might be dismissed. On the 23d of- the same month, the plaintiff’s attorney appeared in open court, confessed that the exception was well founded, and obtained leave to amend his petition by inserting the…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The plaintiff sues to recover a negro woman and her increase, bequeathed to her by the will of M. E. de la Hogue, as a specific legacy. She was, at the death of the testatrix, a minor orphan, under the age of puberty. The slave was sold by the executor, and after sundry conveyan- ■ ces, came into the possession of the present defendant, who sets up title under that sale.
It is clear that that the proceeding of the executor in relation to the slave in question, were wholly irregular and void. But the defendant pleads that afterwards, about the year 1818, while the plaintiff was still a minor,…
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