Lacock v. Davidson

The defendant being sued m the District Court of East Baton Rouge, declines the jurisdiction of the court, on the ground, that his legal domicil is in the parish of Livingston.

Prom the evidence adduced, it appears that, defendant still owns in the parish of Livingston, a large plantation and slaves, with a fine dwelling house on it, in which he, with his family, resided for many years anterior to his removal to Baton Rouge; that since his removal, he has voted in Livingston; that on the 4th of April, 1833, (since the institution of this suit,) he acted as Commissioner of Elections in, and is…