Smith's Heirs v. Blunt
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COTJRT OF THE THIRD DISTRICT, THIS JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. The plaintiffs set forth in their petition, that certain slaves upon which they had a mortgage, had come by purchase or otherwise, into the hands of the defendant, who claimed them as owner an.d third possessor.
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APPEAL FROM THE COTJRT OF THE THIRD DISTRICT, THIS JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. The plaintiffs set forth in their petition, that certain slaves upon which they had a mortgage, had come by purchase or otherwise, into the hands of the defendant, who claimed them as owner an.d third possessor. That they had instituted proceedings against the defendant, preparatory to having seizure and sale of the slaves, and caused the necessary notices to be served on the heirs of the original debtor, and also on the defendant, but that before thejorder was granted, the defendant had caused the slaves to be…
1Opinion of the Court
Porter J.
delivered the opinion of the court.
The petitioner states that he has á mortgage on certain *133slaves, once the property of Henry Sterling, which came • c i i r . , into the possession of the defendant by purchase or otherwise, and that he claimed them as third possessor.
Eastern District, January 1831. Nullity does not failure to^annex ?.opies of authe“" tion.
That he instituted proceedings against the defendant, preparatory to the seizure and sale of the slaves, but before the order was granted he removed them out of the jurisdiction of the court, and prevented the execution from being…
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