Handy v. Parkison
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APrEAL PROM THE COURT OE THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OE THE EIGHTH PRESIDING. This suit commenced by injunction.
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Eastern Dist. APrEAL PROM THE COURT OE THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OE THE EIGHTH PRESIDING. This suit commenced by injunction. The plaintiff, Samuel Handy, in his capacity' of under-tutor to three of the minors, heirs and children of Pamelia Flower, deceased wife of Henry Flower, alleges, that said heirs, together with four others, inherited from their deceased mother, a plantation. and slaves, near Bayou Sarah, which she owned in her lifetime as her seperate property. The plaintiff further states, that John Parkison, sheriff of West Feliciana, in virtue of two executions, which…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The appellants having recovered judgments against Henry Flower, caused executions to be levied on a lot of cotton in bales, which had been raised on a plantation belonging to his minor-children, which they inherited from their deceased mother, and is administered by their father and natural tutor. The under-tutor of the minors obtained an injunction to prevent the sale of the cotton thus seized, alleging that it belongs to them, being the produce of their land and of the labor of their slaves. The defendants justified the seizure, by alleging that the cotton is the property of the father, as…
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