De L'Homme v. De Kerlegand
Supreme Court of Louisiana
ArPEAE PROM THE COURT OP THE PIPTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OP THE DISTRICT? PRESIDING The plaintiff alleges he is the curator of Louis De l’Homme (who is absent or dead), and as such, claims of the defendant two tracts of land, a negro woman and her two children, and eighty head of horses and horned cattle; and also, three thousand dollars due by a note, and payable to Louis De l’Homme, signed by the defendant and dated June 8,1827. The defendant alleged he purchased all the…
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ArPEAE PROM THE COURT OP THE PIPTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OP THE DISTRICT? PRESIDING The plaintiff alleges he is the curator of Louis De l’Homme (who is absent or dead), and as such, claims of the defendant two tracts of land, a negro woman and her two children, and eighty head of horses and horned cattle; and also, three thousand dollars due by a note, and payable to Louis De l’Homme, signed by the defendant and dated June 8,1827. The defendant alleged he purchased all the property claimed by the plaintiff from Louis De l’Homme, who conveyed it to him by an act sous seing privé executed in…
1Opinion of the CourtPortee, J.
This action commenced by a petition filed in the name of Valcour Del’Homme, in which he styles himself curator of Louis De l’Homme, formerly of the parish of St. Martin.
In this quality, the petitioner claims from.the defendant certain lands, slaves and cattle, which it is alleged he took possession of after the departure of Lewis De l’Homme, and which he refuses to give up.
He also claims payment of a note of the defendant, executed in favor of the absentee for three thousand dollars; and ■finally, two thousand dollars, the damages alleged to be sustained in consequence of the illegal…
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