Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Alden
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 15, 1860PublishedCited by 4 opinions
APPEAL from the District Court of the Parish of Bossier, Egan, J.
1Opinion of the CourtVooehies, J.
The Sheriff, to whom an execution had been directed in the case of Taylor, Knap & Co. against M. O. Taliaferro, proceeded to seize in the hands of the plaintiff, Elizabeth Johnson, a slave, Mathilda by name, as the property of the judgment debtor.
The plaintiff filed an injunction and third opposition, claiming to be the owner by virtue of a donation from Taliaferro.
The act of donation bears date the 29th day of April, 1856 ; and the donee since has ever had the possession of the slave.
The judgment rendered in favor of the seizing creditors is dated the 15th day of September, 1858, suit having…
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