Rochelle v. Hezeau

The plaintiff, who represents himself as the duly recognized natural son and sole heir of EUonore Vicloire Rochelle, seeks to recover from the defendant the undivided half of all the property, lands, slaves, movables, &c., owned at the demise of his mother, the 2d of January, 1855, either separately or jointly, by his said mother and the defendant, on the ground that the same was the acquisition of their joint labor, industry and economy, during a period of eighteen or twenty years that they lived in New Orleans as husband aud wife. The plaintiff also sets up other claims as special damages,…