Patterson v. Bonner
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Western Dist. APl'EAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF RAPIDES, THE JUDGE OF THE FIFTH PRESIDING. This is an action to recover twenty-four slaves and their increase, together with three thousand dollars a year hire, ánd five thousand dollars in damages, for their illegal detention by the defendant.
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Western Dist. APl'EAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF RAPIDES, THE JUDGE OF THE FIFTH PRESIDING. This is an action to recover twenty-four slaves and their increase, together with three thousand dollars a year hire, ánd five thousand dollars in damages, for their illegal detention by the defendant. Also, for an injunction to restrain the execution of a judgment which Mrs. Bonner had obtained against the plaintiff, and was proceeding to sell his property thereon. 1 The plaintiff shows that on the 18th March, 1825, he sold to the defendant, Mrs. Rosanna Bonner,…
1Opinion of the CourtStrawbridge, J.
The history of this suit, which has been one' of much interest in the community where the parties resided, and of great excitement between themselves, is this : On the 18th of March, 1825, the plaintiff, by authentic act, passed before the judge of the parish, bargained and sold to the defendant twenty-four slaves, the consideration for which was seven thousand nine hundred and twenty-two dollars, payable “ as follows: one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two dollars, in hand, being a debt which Patterson owed her, and which she releases and discharges; two thousand dollars on the 1st March,…
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