Perry v. Holloway

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Slidell, J.

There is some obscurity in the phraseology of the decree rendered by the Supreme Court in this case, and reported in 10 R. R. 111. The intention of the court, as we infer from the language used in the opinion and from the pleadings and evidence, was to charge Holloway with $3000, as the value of the interest of Powell in the partnership of Harris 8f Co., a commercial firm composed of Powell and Harris. They ordered the defendant to surrender the lot of ground and the two slaves which he had pui’chased at the sheriff’s sale in 1840, because…