Underwood v. Lacapere

There was judgment in favor of the plaintiff against the original defendant, for the slave demanded in the petition; but the defendant was non-suited as to his demand against the warrantors.

He obtained a now trial as to that branch of the case alone; and on the new trial, judgment having been rendered against the warrantors, they have appealed.

The defendant was cited in New Orleans ; the warrantors were cited in La-fourche, the parish of their residence. Madame Landry alone answered. Bush made no appearance, and a judgment by default was rendered against him after the lapse of more than the…