Dejol v. Johnson

Tapley Déjol and his wife, Sarah Johnson, were free people of color, residing in Louisiana. Tapley Déjol died, leaving a small estate, of which one Seylancl was appointed administrator in the year 1852. Seyland having died, the present defendant, Edmond Johnson, was appointed administrator of the succession of Déjol, which was still unsettled, in the parish of St. Landry.

*854The present plaintiffs, alleging themselves to b j the only legitimate children and heirs of Tapley Déjol, on the 8th of August, 1850, filed a petition calling upon the administrator, Johnson, to file an account and to pay…