Petition #20882908

• Iberville Parish, Louisiana. April 3, 1829. - October 20, 1831.
• Court: District
• Salutation: To any Judge of the Eastern district of the State of Louisiana holding sessions of the Fourth District Court in and for the parish of Iberville

Abstract

Gilbert Russell and Henry Barstow, merchants operating under the firm G. E. Russell & Barstow, seek to collect a debt. They explain that Durham Tudor Hall issued to them two promissory notes worth $3,062 each. The notes are now past due yet Hall refuses to honor them. Russell and Barstow pray that Hall be ordered to pay the notes with interest. A related document reveals that Hall owned two-hundred-and-fifty slaves.

Result: Granted; appealed; remanded; dismissed.

• Number of petition pages: 4
• Related documents: PAR #20882904; Bill of Sale, 13 August 1828; Sheriff's Return, 30 April 1829; Supreme Court Opinion and Judgment, 8 February 1830; Court Record of Case Dismissal, 20 October 1831
• Pages of related documents: 12

254 people are documented within petition 20882908

• 250 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 2 Petitioners
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Iberville Parish Courthouse, Plaquemine, Louisiana

• Records of the Fourth Judicial District Court

Subjects

• Crops (Cotton)
• Crops (sugar)
• Inventory (enslaved)