Muggah v. Greig
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE FIFTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OP THE DISTRICT PRESIDING. This suit is brought by the plaintiff as heir of John Mug-;,ih, to recover from the defendant a negro boy, which is al-iged to have been purchased by John Muggah in New Orleans, who took the.act of sale in his own name and right. The defendant took possession of the boy and holds him on the ground that Muggah purchased the negro with the defendant’s money.
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE FIFTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OP THE DISTRICT PRESIDING. This suit is brought by the plaintiff as heir of John Mug-;,ih, to recover from the defendant a negro boy, which is al-iged to have been purchased by John Muggah in New Orleans, who took the.act of sale in his own name and right. The defendant took possession of the boy and holds him on the ground that Muggah purchased the negro with the defendant’s money. The petition prayed that the boy be delivered up; or in lieu thereof, that the defendant be decreed to pay eight hundred dollars, the value of him. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Mathews. J.
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a suit brought by the plaintiff in his own right, and ’ as curator to Edward Muggah, an absentee, to recover from the defendant a slave (described in the petition) belonging to the succession of John Muggah, claiming as heirs to the latter. They obtained judgment for the recovery of the slave, in the court below, from which the defendant appealed.
The evidence of the case shews the legal title to have been vested in John Muggah, during his life-time; and it is not disputed that the plaintiffs are his heirs.
The defendant sets up title to the…
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