Monday v. Wilson

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court, delivered by

Mathews, J.

*339In this case the plaintiff claims two slaves (described in his ^ v petition) which are m the possession of the defendant. The former sets up a title derived from Morgan Morgan evidenced by an authentic act passed before the parish judge of East Feliciana. The defendant claims the same property in virtue of a sheriff’s sale made by the sheriff of St. Helena, in which it was sold as belonging to the vendor of the plaintiff. The cause was submitted to a jury in the court below, who found a verdict for the defendant, and…