Bank of Kentucky v. Conner

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Eustis, C. J.

On the 6th of May, 1846, a judgment was rendered in the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, in the case of Sarah Conner, a free woman of color, against Theophilus Freeman, by which it was decreed that the plaintiff was entitled to her freedom, and that the defendant emancipate the said plaintiff according to the formalities required by law.

The president, directors -and company of the Bank of Kentucky, alleging themselves to be creditors of the said Theophilus Freeman, by virtue of a judgment obtained by them in said court against said…