Download or read book Louisiana Reports written by Louisiana. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Louisiana Supreme Court Monroe written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his will, Simeon S Hyde manumitted his slave Minnie and her eight children, and made them his sole legatees. The plaintiffs, Hyde's heirs-at-law, claimed the estate from the slaves' guardian on the grounds that the manumissions were void and that Hyde had lived in concubinage with Minnie. The Supreme Court found that the issue of concubinage was immaterial to that of manumission and that a verbal statement from Hyde that he was Minnie's children's father had no bearing on the issue either. It was ruled that under the will the slaves gained only an inchoate right to freedom, subject to be brought to fruition by the proper legal avenues before they ceased to be slaves; subsequent legislation of 1857 prohibited any manumissions, though the slaves retained the inchoate right given to them by the will which stood to be revived if the law was changed once again.
Download or read book Louisiana Supreme Court Monroe written by and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A case concerning the claim against the defendant to recover the amount of a promissory note, given for the hire of slaves. Judgement was reversed in favour of the defendant, on the grounds that obligations for the hire of slaves were illegal, and could not be enforced. See Wainwright v Bridges.
Download or read book Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana written by Louisiana. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Louisiana Reports written by Louisiana. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Louisiana Supreme Court Monroe written by and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plaintiff sued defendant, whom he had hired as an overseer of his plantation, for the price of a mule, hire of slaves and [dollars] 600 which he alledged the defendant had stolen from him. The defendant denied the accusation and claimed the wages due to him. The issue was first tried before a jury on 1 December 1849. They returned a verdict in favour of the plaintiff for [dollars] 503-50 and the defendant appealed. The case was first head by the Supreme Court in October 1851, but went unreported. It had reversed the verdict and remanded the case for a new trial. The District Court, with a new jury, then found for the defendant, awarding him [dollars] 225 in wages and [dollars] 3,500 in damages. The plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court. It had to consider whether the plaintiff's case was a malicious prosecution. It reversed the decision of the court below and gave a final verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant had to pay [dollars] 100 for the value of the mule, plus costs in both courts. The accusations by the defendant of slander and a malicious prosecution were dismissed. His claim for wages was also dismissed and recorded as a non-suit.
Download or read book Louisiana Supreme Court Monroe written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This was a continuation of the previous case of State v Fuller, July 1859. The appellants prayed that there had been no calls for them to present the body of their principal to the court before the judgment of forefeiture of their bond was made against them. The Supreme Court found that the records of proceedings showed that they had been frequently called upon to present their principal. Judgment affirmed.
Download or read book Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana written by Louisiana. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Louisiana Supreme Court Monroe written by and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whetstone, defendant in the case, appealed against the judgment of the district court ordering him to pay [dollars] 800 to the State for contravening the 18th section of the Act of June 7th 1806. Whetstone was accused of failing to hire an overseer on his plantation. Such a violation incurred a fine of [dollars] 50 a month for the duration of the offence. Judgment was reversed in favour of the defendant.
Download or read book Louisiana Supreme Court Monroe written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Davis was indicted for feloniously shooting a slave. Davis moved to quash the indictment on the bases that the jury had not been empanelled on the first day and that there was no statute prohibiting a free person from shooting a slave; this was sustained, and the state appealed. The Supreme Court found that there had been no irregularities regarding the jury and that the law did prohibit the shooting of slaves. The case was therefore ordered to proceed.
Download or read book Louisiana Supreme Court Monroe written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alford brought this action for the restitution of the price of a slave, Charlotte, who he alleged was afflicted with disease at the time of the sale by the defendants, and that this disease was known to the defendants and concealed from him by them. The court found for the defendants and the plaintiff appealed. The Supreme Court noted that the earliest evidence which related to the visibility of the disease referred to a period a month after the sale. Judgment upheld.
Download or read book Louisiana Supreme Court Monroe written by and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This was an action to recover property, a female slave and various town lots in Farmerville. The property had been seized in 1849 to meet a debt claimed by Carrollton, Frothingham & Company. The sheriff of the parish of Union had sold the property, but there was an adjudication in favour of the plaintiff. The defendants, Paul Tulane and Company obtained a judgement against the plaintiff's husband, disregarded the adjudication to the plaintiff, and took the property in question. The plaintiff had been given the two slaves, Tom and Henrietta, and a small sum of money in a partition in February 1840. In 1842 her husband moved from Georgia to Louisiana and she followed a year later. In 1846 the husband sold Tom to Feazel for [dollars] 600. The plaintiff, Henderson, had filed successfully for separation of property from her husband in 1849, claiming [dollars] 600 for the price of her slave Tom whom her husband sold, and [dollars] 700 for her share of the proceeds of land sales in Alabama and Georgia. The defendants claimed that the separation was fraudulent. They lost their case in the District Court and appealed. The appeal by the defendants centred on differences in State laws. The defendants argued that under Georgia law the slaves became her husband's property upon marriage. The plaintiff argued that the slave Tom, as well as the money, was not received by Henderson until he had moved to Louisiana. Judgement was affirmed in favour of the plaintiff. Defendants had to pay the costs of the appeal.
Download or read book Louisiana Supreme Court Monroe written by and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plaintiff seeks payment of [dollars] 600, due for his services as an overseer on the plantation of James W. Mason, deceased. The defendant responded that she had paid [dollars] 600 to her agent because of the death of one of her slaves called Jim Crack at the hands of the plaintiff. The case includes a description of the beating that Jim Crack received, which led to his death.
Download or read book Louisiana Supreme Court Monroe written by and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The defendant, a slave, was found guilty of stabbing Elias F Smith, a white man. He was convicted of intent to kill and sentenced to death by hanging. He appealed against the ruling. Judgment was reversed and the defendant ordered to be discharged.
Download or read book Louisiana Supreme Court Monroe written by and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The plaintiff sued the defendant for a year s wages and lost his case in the District Court. The plaintiff had been employed on the plantation of Sylvester Bossier, deceased, but was discharged before the end of his year s employment. The reason given by the defendant for his discharge was improper conduct - the plaintiff shot a slave who was trying to escape punishment. The plaintiff had received wages for the time leading up to his discharge, but not for the entire year. Judgement in favour of the defendant was affirmed.
Download or read book Louisiana Supreme Court Monroe written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A case turning on the question of whether a mother could claim any portion of the estate of her deceased illegitimate son in the event that the son had disposed of his entire estate by will to other parties. The Supreme Court found that the relevant law referred to fathers and mothers to mean legitimate fathers and mothers, and affirmed the lower court's verdict for the defendant.
Download or read book Louisiana Supreme Court Monroe written by and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An action to recover a substantial debt that the husband of the defendant owed from the purchase of a large cotton plantation, buildings, improvements and a considerable number of slaves, bought from a plantation owner called William Ballard. The value of the slaves was deducted from the debt. The Supreme Court ruled that [dollars] 40,207 plus interest was still owing from 1 March 1861 for the land and other property, excluding the slaves.
