Petition #20883208

Abstract

The petitioner is a free woman of color named Telcide Ricard, a minor over the age of puberty. She is assisted in her suit by her curators and by the tutrix of her two minor siblings, all free people of color. The petitioners present to the court that, prior to her death, Telcide's mother, Marie Louise Cléotilde Ricard, and Augustin Borie, one of her curators, became the "common" owners of four slaves, whom they purchased with a promissory note and secured with a mortgage on three of the slaves. The petitioners further present that, on the 6th of April 1831, one Sebastien Hiriart obtained a judgment against Augustin Borie, claiming that he was the owner of the promissory note and entitled to the "privilege of mortgage on the three slaves." As a result of this proceeding, a levy was issued and the sheriff has seized the slaves and is making ready to sell them. The petitioners allege that the note held by Hiriart is fraudulent and that the initial promissory note has long been "fully paid settled & extinguished." They claim that, as heirs of the late Marie Louise Cléotilde Ricard, Telcide, Paul, and Marie Louise Ricard are the owners of the slaves together with Augustin Borie. The petitioners therefore ask the court to stay all further proceedings and issue a perpetual injunction, and to declare that the note has been "extinguished."

Result: Rejected.

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Repository: Iberville Parish Courthouse, Plaquemine, Louisiana

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