Fisk v. Bergerot

llowos, J.

In April, 1854, a female slave, alleged to have been owned by W. H. Fisk, now deceased, escaped from a negro traders’ yard in New Orleans, and concealed herself in the city until December, 1854; when, disguised in male attire, she sailed from this port to Havre on a ship owned by defendants.

On the sixtli of March, 1858, this action was instituted by the plaintiff, administrator, to recover the value of the fugitive with damages.

The claim of the plaintiff was dismissed by the judge a quo, on the ground that it had been barred by the prescription of one year.

We see no error in this…