Fuselier v. Masse
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. The plaintiff claims the succession of one Magdelaine Masse, deceased, on the ground that he was the adopted son of her and her late husband, Etienne Sem Fusilier, both f. p. c.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. The plaintiff claims the succession of one Magdelaine Masse, deceased, on the ground that he was the adopted son of her and her late husband, Etienne Sem Fusilier, both f. p. c. He shows that he was purchased, as a slave, from A. Solieau, by the said Magdelaine and Etienne Sem, and emancipated by them in a public act, passed in 1797, before Martin Duralde, commandant of Attakapas and Opelousas, in which he was acknowledged as the natural son of Etienne Sém; and by a subsequent notarial act, passed before the same…
1Opinion of the CourtPortee, J.
In the year 1782, two people of color, Etienne Sam and Jeannette, entered into a contract of marriage before the commandant of Attakapas and Opelousas; and by the same act agreed, that in case there were no issue of the marriage, the survivor should take all the property, whether proper or acquired, that existed at the termination of the coverture.
There were no children from the connexion; but the husband had a natural son, who was a slave of one Soileau. In May, 1797, Soileau promised to sell this slave to the husband, on the condition that he was to give him his freedom; whether any regular…
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