Johnson v. Weld
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the Second District Oourt of New Orleans, Lea, J. cited Code, 2265. —cited 3 A. 36; ibid, 172; 1 Starkie on Evidence, p. 208, 367; 1 Greenleaf, § 522-3, 532-3, 535-6, 189, 180; Bull, N. P, 232; 4 Dali. 120 ; 2 Doug. 517; 1 Doug. 56; 6 Rand. 865 ; Vermont, 317; 4 Rawle, 273 ; 1 How. Miss, 53.
1Opinion of the Court
Eustis, 0. J.
The plaintiff sues for the recovery of a slave named John, who, he alleges, belongs to him in right of his wife, by virtue of his marriage; she being the sole heir of Frederic Christian, deceased, to whom the slave originally belonged. The place of residence and marriage of the parties was in the State of Tennessee.
The defendant claims the slave in the right of his wife, to whom, it is alleged, the slave was given by his master, Frederic Christian, in his life time—she having been his neice.
The Judge of the Second District of New Orleans, before whom the case was tried, gave…
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