Petition #20883032
- Orleans Parish, Louisiana. May 13, 1830. - November 22, 1830.
- Court: Parish
- Salutation: To the honble James Pitot Judge of the Parish Court in & for the Parish & City of New Orleans State of Louisiana
Abstract
Samuel McMaster presents to the court that his twenty-five-year-old male slave, named John Scott, was "enticed" aboard the Steam Boat Louisiana by the ship's master or commander, N. Beckweth, and "carried away" to Louisville "in the State of Kentucky," where he has been kept ever since. McMaster claims that, having been deprived of the use of his slave, a carpenter by trade, he has sustained loss and damages in the amount of $1,500; a sum Beckweth refuses to pay, "altho amicably required to do so." McMaster prays the court to sentence Beckweth to pay the $1,500.
Result: Granted; appealed.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: Transcript of Court Records, including: Citation [Text in French and English], 13 May 1830; Depositions, 15 May 1830-28 June 1830; Judgment, 12 July 1830; Petition of Appeal, 30 July 1830; and Grant of Appeal, 30 July 1830; Supreme Court Record, 22 November 1830
- Pages of related documents: 14
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Citation information
Repository: University of New Orleans
- Supreme Court of Louisiana Collection
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