Rhodes v. Cooper
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides; Wilbur Fisk Blackman, Judge. Action by John T. Rhodes against Mary D. Cooper and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The father of plaintiff died in 1858, leaving plaintiff, then three years old, and another child, as heirs to his half of the community property, consisting of the 40 acres of land with the improvements thereon now in litigation and 31 slaves. The community owed plaintiff’s mother, defendant in this suit, $10,000. The other child died in I860, leaving plaintiff and defendant sole owners of the above-mentioned property. In that same year, 1860, a partition was made between plaintiff and his mother, by which the 31 slaves were given to plaintiff and the land to his mother, and she relinquished…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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