Thompson v. Chrétien
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from tlie District Court for the parish of St. Landry, Lewis, J. This was a action by the widow of one John Thompson, suing in her own right, and as the mother and natural tutrix of her minor children, against Girard Chrétien, a resident of the parish of St. Martin, and Hypolite Chrétien, of the parish of St. Landry.
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Appeal from tlie District Court for the parish of St. Landry, Lewis, J. This was a action by the widow of one John Thompson, suing in her own right, and as the mother and natural tutrix of her minor children, against Girard Chrétien, a resident of the parish of St. Martin, and Hypolite Chrétien, of the parish of St. Landry. The plaintiff represents that her late husband, Thompson, believing himself largely indebted to the United States, conveyed to the defendants a large amount of property, to be sold or otherwise disposed of by them, to indemnify themselves against any loss they might…
1Opinion of the CourtSimon, J.
The appellant seeks the reversal of a several judgment against him for the whole claim of the plaintiff on a contract by which his co-defendant and himself are alleged to be bound to account for sundry tracts of land, slaves, &c., conveyed to them by Thompson the deceased, to indemnify them and a co-heir of theirs, against the consequences of a suretyship into which their ancestor entered for the husband of the plaintiff, in his bond to the United States as collector of a certain tax. The District Court sustained the plea of his co-defendant to its jurisdiction, on the ground of his being a…
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