Legal Opinion
Barrow v. McDonald
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 15, 1857PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of Terrebonne, Oole, J.
1Opinion of the CourtLea, J.
The plaintiff’s claim against the defendant in this case is based upon two causes of action:
1st. A claim for damages for the malicious killing of a slave, which was owned by the plaintiff and the defendant in the proportion of three-fourths by the former and. one-fourth by the latter. These damages the plaintiff has assessed at $1500.
2d. A demand for an alleged balance due upon a settlement and liquidation of accounts growing out of the management by the defendant of a plantation owned bj' them in common, in the proportions above stated.
The defendant being a non-resident, this suit was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Levy v. LevySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1838
3Cited by3 opinions
- Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S Co. v. StewartSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Jackson State Nat. Bank v. Merchants' Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
- E. Sondheimer Co. v. Richland Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1908