Lewis v. City of New Orleans

The plaintiff alleges in substance that on the 9th of January, 1855, he placed Jesse, a slave belonging to him, in the parish jail of the city of New Orleans for safe keeping and correction; that whilst impxlsoned, he was under the care and charge of the officers employed by the defendant, who derived thereby a pecuniary profit by receiving a per diem compensation; that during his imprisonment, he was employed in doing sundry work and labor-incident to the daily routine of such an establishment, in the course of which he was uecessarily exposed to cold and wet, so that he took sick; that his…