Pillot v. Cooper

By the court:

Rost, J.

The defendant, as curator of the succession of Yoriclc Privat, is in the possession of the steamer Daniel Boon, which was the joint property of Privat and Ccesar Fraisse. The plaintiff claimed the boat from him under a sale to her, by Privat acting for himself and as agent of Fraisse.

*657The answer contains a general denial, and an averment that the sale alleged is a forgery, or was otherwise obtained by fraud.

The signature of Privat, to the act of sale,! was proved, by a comparison of handwriting with a signature in a notarial act, which is not in the record, and upon that…