Stockton v. Ford
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana, sitting as a court of equity. The suit was originally brought by Stockton in the District Court (State court) of Louisiana, by petition, to enforce a judicial mortgage against a plantation and slaves in the parish of Carroll, which once belonged to Nicholas W. Ford, but at that time was in the possession of James C. Ford, the defendant below, and appellee here.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana, sitting as a court of equity. The suit was originally brought by Stockton in the District Court (State court) of Louisiana, by petition, to enforce a judicial mortgage against a plantation and slaves in the parish of Carroll, which once belonged to Nicholas W. Ford, but at that time was in the possession of James C. Ford, the defendant below, and appellee here. Ford appeared in the State court, and, being a citizen of Louisville, Kentucky, caused the suit to be removed to the Circuit Court of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States held in and for the District of Louisiana.
The action was commenced in a District Court of the State, and was removed by the defendant to the Circuit Court of the United States, under the twelfth section of the Judiciary Act of 1789.
James C. Ford, the defendant, being the owner of a planta- . tion and slaves in the parish of Carroll, State of Louisiana, on the 11th of March, 1835', sold and transferred the same to Nicholas W. Ford, of Louisville, Kentucky, for the consideration of $ 80,000 the payment of which was secured by a…
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