Cecile v. St. Denis

This case was before this court at the October term, 1839, when it was remanded for a new trial. The object of the suit was then stated, and a judgment given, remanding it for a new trial. 14 La. 174. It is sufficient to say now, that the purpose is to set aside and annul a sale of slaves, made by the plaintiff to the defendant, on the ground that it was obtained from him by fraud, under pretext of screening the property from his creditors, and that certain instruments of writing, given at or about the time when the sale was to be executed, were, in effect, counter-letters. When the cause…