Zollikoffer v. Briggs, Lacoste & Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Westeri Drs. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE NINTn DISTRICT, FOR THE PAIIIHH OF CONCORDIA, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This case commenced by injunction, The plaintiff alleges he is the owner of two slaves, named Sam and Eps, which he had conditionally sold in Mississippi, to A. & A. Clark, who failed to make payment, and he took them back and brought them to the Parish of Concordia, in Louisiana; and that he holds another slave named Manuel, under a deed of trust, from A. &…
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Westeri Drs. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE NINTn DISTRICT, FOR THE PAIIIHH OF CONCORDIA, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This case commenced by injunction, The plaintiff alleges he is the owner of two slaves, named Sam and Eps, which he had conditionally sold in Mississippi, to A. & A. Clark, who failed to make payment, and he took them back and brought them to the Parish of Concordia, in Louisiana; and that he holds another slave named Manuel, under a deed of trust, from A. & A. Clark of Mississippi, which is also, with his other slaves in Concordia. He avers that the defendants have seized said…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The plaintiff alleges that he is the owner of two slaves, Sam and Eps, having brought them to the State of Mississippi in September, 1836, with good and sufficient titles. That in Fe-*5221837, he agreed to sell them conditionally, to Angus Clark and Archibald Clark. That at the time of delivering sa^ s^aves> the Clarks executed a written agreement by which they bound themselves to deliver to him an accepted draft On some gbod solvent commission 'merchant, for about $3100, whereupon the petitioner -was to make a good and valid bill of sale for said slaves, but in the failure to furnish the…
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- Zollicoffer v. BriggsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1842