Freeman v. Stacy
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from' the District Court of Concórdiíi, Cúrry, J-. Tile plaintiff appealed from-a verdict and judgment rendered in favor of the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion-of the majority of the court was pronounced-by-'
Slidell, J.
This is a contest? concerning the title to a slave between the plaintiff and Reynolds,- the lessor of Stacy. The circumstances under which Reynolds acquired title are stated in the case' of- Farrar v. Stacy, ante p. 210. Pending the attachment suit of which we have there'spoken, and before judgment therein, Spencer,- the defendant in attachment, executed an act of sale of the slave in favor of Freeman, in consideration^ as therein stated, of the sum of five hundred dollars paid to him-by Freeman-. The act stated' that the…
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