Stewart's Curator v. Row
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE EIGHTH PRESIDING. This is an action by the curator of the succession of Dudley B. Stewart, to recover from the defendant nine or ten slaves in his possession.
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Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE EIGHTH PRESIDING. This is an action by the curator of the succession of Dudley B. Stewart, to recover from the defendant nine or ten slaves in his possession. The plaintiff alleges that Stewart intermarried in the state of Mississippi, and that he received these slaves in right of his wife, as in that state slaves are personal property, and by the laws there, the husband becomes possessed, and is owner of the personal property of his wife. He also sets up title to the slaves in question, under a paper…
1Opinion of the Court
Bullard J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff sues, as curator of the vacant estate of one Stewart, to recover certain slaves in possession of the defendant.1 The deceased is alleged to have become the owner of the slaves by his marriage with his late wife, in the state of Mississippi, in which state the parties admit that slaves are considered as chattels; and that the personal property of the wife at the time of the marriage, becomes the property of the *532husband. He further asserts title to them under the last w¡[[ 0f Stewart.
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- Robinson v. Scharfenstein & SonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1921
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- Leckie v. FennerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1844
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