Bach v. Hall
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OP THE PIPTH PRESIDING. This suit is brought for the recovery of three negroes, which the plaintiff alleges he purchased at sheriff’s sale, but were taken into possession and detained by the defendant, who refuses to deliver them up. He prays for the delivery of the slaves and fifty dollars for then hire.
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OP THE PIPTH PRESIDING. This suit is brought for the recovery of three negroes, which the plaintiff alleges he purchased at sheriff’s sale, but were taken into possession and detained by the defendant, who refuses to deliver them up. He prays for the delivery of the slaves and fifty dollars for then hire. At October term, 1829, the death of the defendant was suggested and the suit revived against C. Mulholland, his executor. The executor pleads a general denial: and averred that the plaintiff sold the negroes to Hall, and…
1Opinion of the CourtPorter, J.
The plaintiff claims three slaves which he avers are his property, and alleges that the defendant has got them into his possession, and refuses to deliver them up. The answer is composed of a general denial, and an averment that the plaintiff sold and delivered to the defendant’s testator in his life time, the property mentioned in the petition; and further, that the plaintiff received one bale of cotton in part payment of the purchase money. The cause was submitted to a jury, who found a verdict in favor of the petitioner for the slaves, and in favor of the defendant for the value of the…
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