Watkinson v. Black
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF -WEST FELICIANA, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. The plaintiff sues, as agent of one Lewis Jordan, of Tennessee, and charges the defendant with having illegally-taken from the state of Tennessee, and out of the legal possession of the plaintiff several slaves, and which he has brought to the parish of West Feliciana.
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Eastern Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF -WEST FELICIANA, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. The plaintiff sues, as agent of one Lewis Jordan, of Tennessee, and charges the defendant with having illegally-taken from the state of Tennessee, and out of the legal possession of the plaintiff several slaves, and which he has brought to the parish of West Feliciana. He alleges, that the defendant is a transient person, without any known domicil, and that he has good reason to fear, and verily believes, that he will remove the said slaves from the state of…
1Opinion of the Court
Morphy, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment dissolving an order of sequestration, previously granted him, as agent of one Lewis Jordan. The property sequestered consisted of certain slaves in the possession of the defendant. Since this appeal was taken, the plaintiff’s petition ,has been dismissed, from which judgment no appeal has been asked. The suit jtself having been dismissed, the sequestration, which is only an accessory proceeding, must have already shared the same fate. The appellee, however, who has brought up the record, asks us to confirm the…
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