Loussade v. Hartman
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT, FOR THE TARIS!! OF ST. MARY, THE JUDGE OF THE SIXTH PRESIDING. This is an action for damages, in which the plaintiff seeks to recover the value of a slave, which he alleges was killed, or his death caused by the conduct of the defendants.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT, FOR THE TARIS!! OF ST. MARY, THE JUDGE OF THE SIXTH PRESIDING. This is an action for damages, in which the plaintiff seeks to recover the value of a slave, which he alleges was killed, or his death caused by the conduct of the defendants. The plaintiff shows that his slave Sandy, was on his way to and near the house of a neighbor, on the 2d April, 1836, where he had written permission to go every evening to see his wife and children ; and that, at about the hour of 10 o’clock, he was arrested on his neighbor’s premises by the defendants Hartman,…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
This is an action against Hartman, Theriot, Bemiss, and •Vining, to recover the price of a slave, drowned in consequence of an illegal act of the defendants. In an amended petition the plaintiff stated (hat John B. Bemiss had been, through error, made a defendant, instead of Darwin Bemiss, and prayed that the error might be corrected, and the latter cited; and that he might have the remedy against him, which he had prayed for against the former; but said Darwin Bemiss was never cited, nor was the defendant Vining, or any curator appointed to represent them.
There was a joint judgment against…
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