Niblett v. White's Heirs
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, TIIE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This is an action for damages, against the widow and heirs of the late Joseph White, to recover the value, of a negro boy, owned by the plaintiff, and alleged to have been lost by the. negligence of the said White, while in his possession on loan.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, TIIE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This is an action for damages, against the widow and heirs of the late Joseph White, to recover the value, of a negro boy, owned by the plaintiff, and alleged to have been lost by the. negligence of the said White, while in his possession on loan. The petition charges, that in the month of February, 1832,. the plaintiff loaned a negro boy named Cesar, about sixteen years of age, to Joseph White, then living in the parish of Lafayette, who engaged, as he was bound by law, to take good care of said boy, and…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The plaintiff claims the value of one of his slaves, which he lent to White, and who through the gross neglect and ill conduct of White, was compelled to travel, during a great part of the night, while a very uncommon storm raged, although very thinly clad, so that he suffered so much through fatigue and the inclemency of the weather, that he died.
The defendants denied the ill usage and misconduct attributed to him..
There was a judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendants appealed.
No question of law arises in this case which turns entirely on matters of fact. We have carefully examined the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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