Howard v. Copley

This is a petitory action for a slave. The plaintiff had judgment below, and the defendant appealed.-

The appellant claims to have a valid defence upon the merits. But-he has so hedged it about with hills of exceptions, that it is difficult of approach.

The plaintiff was met in limine with the objection that the costs of a former suit between the same parties for the same cause of action had not been paid, although that suit had been dismissed at his costs; but it was dismissed on the exception of the defendant, and was not discontinued or suffered to go by de*505fault. The Articles 492 and 586 of…