Hicks v. Pope
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action of revendication. The plaintiff as administrator of the succession of the late Reddin Pope, claims a mulatto girl, slave, which he alleges belongs to the estate he administers, and is now in the possession of the defendant, the widow of the deceased, which she claims as her own separate property.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action of revendication. The plaintiff as administrator of the succession of the late Reddin Pope, claims a mulatto girl, slave, which he alleges belongs to the estate he administers, and is now in the possession of the defendant, the widow of the deceased, which she claims as her own separate property. The evidence shows that Reddin Pope married Eliza Youngblood, (the defendant) in the state of Alabama, where they resided several years and then removed to Louisiana. After their removal to this state, the father of the wife died…
1Opinion of the CourtMathews, J.
In this case the plaintiff as administrator of the succession of Redden Pope, claims to recover from the defendant á female slave in her possession, as making a part of the estate of the deceased, who was her husband by a marriage contracted in the state of Alabama. There \vas judgment *556for the defendant in the court below, from which the plaintiff appealed.
The law of the domicil of persons inheriting, will govern in relation to the rights of the inheritance. So, where a slave is inherited by the wife, from her father in Alabama, which, if reduced to possession by her husband, domiciled there,…
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