John Francis Munier seeks to be reimbursed for the costs of another suit. Munier is a constable for Orleans Parish and, in that capacity, he was asked by John Duperron Sr. to help John Duperron Jr. and another man arrest Duperron Sr.'s runaway mulatto slave named Mary Zabeth, who was supposedly being concealed by an unnamed man. Munier and the two men found Mary Zabeth and Munier allowed the men to carry her back to Duperron Sr. Only after Mary Zabeth had instituted a suit against did Munier learn that she was a free woman. A judgment was entered against him. He was ordered to pay $527 in damages to Mary Zabeth and spend ten days in jail. Munier claims that "he was not guilty of any improper conduct or ill intention" but was the victim of Duperron Sr.'s "misrepresentation." Duperron Sr. is now "concealing himself so that a citation cannot be served upon him" in regards to this claim. Munier prays that Duperron Sr. be cited to reimburse him for the amount of damages paid to Mary Zabeth.
Result: Denied; appealed; affirmed.
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Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana
