Hewet & Co. v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. The plaintiffs allege that their store, in the parish of East Feliciana, was broken open and robbed, in the month of June, 1832, of five hundred dollars worth of goods, by a negro man slave, named “Big Sam,” belonging to the defendant Wilson, then under the control, and in the charge of one Tuberville, his overseer; and charges the latter with running said slave béyond the limits of the state,…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. The plaintiffs allege that their store, in the parish of East Feliciana, was broken open and robbed, in the month of June, 1832, of five hundred dollars worth of goods, by a negro man slave, named “Big Sam,” belonging to the defendant Wilson, then under the control, and in the charge of one Tuberville, his overseer; and charges the latter with running said slave béyond the limits of the state, and preventing the punishment authorised by law, from being inflicted on him; that they have sustained damages by the…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The plaintiffs in this case complain, that their store was broken open by a slave of the defendant, Wilson, and goods, of the value of five hundred dollars, stolen from them; and that the slave was conveyed out of the state by his co-defendant and overseer, so that they were unable to inflict on him the penalty of the law. They sue to recover the value of the stolen goods, and two hundred and fifty dollars damages.
The defendant, Wilson, being an absentee, a curator ad hoc was appointed to represent him. Both defendants appeared by attorneys, and severed in their answers. The defendant,…
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