Hutchings v. Field
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Western Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE 'JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. This is a petitory action in which the plaintiff seeks to recover several slaves in the possession of' the defendants, J. N. Field, J. Brownsoñ, J. Y. Saunders and H. Carlin, together with their hire at fifteen dollars per month; and also to recover damages from James Plaisted, who he alleges sold these slaves to the defendants, without right or title to them.
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Western Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE 'JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. This is a petitory action in which the plaintiff seeks to recover several slaves in the possession of' the defendants, J. N. Field, J. Brownsoñ, J. Y. Saunders and H. Carlin, together with their hire at fifteen dollars per month; and also to recover damages from James Plaisted, who he alleges sold these slaves to the defendants, without right or title to them. The defendants pleaded a general denial; and averred that by a notarial act passed the 16th of February, 1828, the negroes claimed…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The plaintiff sues to recover certain slaves in possession of the defendants severally, which he claims as owner. The defendants set up title under a sale made by James Plaisted, who, they allege, was duly authorized to sell them; and that the plaintiff, by an act passed before James Ray, Notary Public, on the 16th of February, 1828, sold and conveyed said slaves, together with other property, to J. L. Johnson, E. Bowles, G. Singleton, I. L. Baker, and W. Stirling, by whose assent they were sold> to the defendants.
The title of the defendants depends, therefore, upon the character and…
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