Legal Opinion
Eugenie v. Preval
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 15, 1847PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of non-suit rendered by the District Court of New Orleans, Buchanan, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Eustis, C. J.
The plaintiff, who was the slave of Qallien Preval, sues for her liberty, and makes Preval, Mrs. Faure, his daughter, and Miss JSaynal, defendants., Miss liaynal and Prival disclaimed any ownership, or right of property in the plaintiff. Mrs. Faure asserts her ownership of the plaintiff, and puts at issue the allegations of the petition. Mrs. Faure, before her marriage, left Louisiana, in the year 1830, for Prance, and the plaintiff was sent with her. She married in France, and returned, after several years, to Louisiana, leaving the…
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