Russell v. Favier
Supreme Court of Louisiana
AITEAL FROM: the COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is a petitory action. The plaintiff alleges he is the owner of a female slave named Lydia, worth $800, and which he shows to he in possession of the defendant, who refuses to deliver her up. He prays judgment for said slave and her hire at $150 per annum. The defendant, widow Favier, pleaded the general issue and set up several other matters in defence.
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AITEAL FROM: the COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is a petitory action. The plaintiff alleges he is the owner of a female slave named Lydia, worth $800, and which he shows to he in possession of the defendant, who refuses to deliver her up. He prays judgment for said slave and her hire at $150 per annum. The defendant, widow Favier, pleaded the general issue and set up several other matters in defence. She further averred she purchased the slave in contest from one Isaac Veill of Natchez, Mississippi, by notarial act passed in this city the 12th May, 1838, and paid $530 in cash to…
1Opinion of the CourtGarland, J.
The plaintiff claims a negro girl as his property, which he alleges is in the possession of the defendant Madame Favier, who sets up title to her. The latter denies the plaintiff has any right to the slave, and further says she purchased her in good faith for a valuable consideration of Veill, who warranted the *588title, and he was cited to defend it. He answers, that he pur-tile siave for a valuable consideration and in good faith; ]^6 denies defendant’s title, and says, if he ever had any, it has been divested.
The evidence establishes conclusively, that the girl Lydia was born on the…
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