Amaranthe Landry, the widow of Jean Baptiste Hebert, seeks the court's assistance in recovering a debt. On 29 January 1842, Erasmus P. Wood and Isham F. Wood purchased, for the sum of $28,000, two tracts of land and sixteen slaves from the petitioner. According to the terms of sale, the purchase price was to be paid in several installments with interest paid on a yearly basis. The interest for 1844 and 1845, in the amount of $486.85, is due and "payment thereof has been refused altho amicably demanded." As Erasmus Wood is now the sole owner of the property, the petitioner requests that "he be adjudged and decreed to pay to your petitioner the aforesaid sum." Landry further requests that she be "decreed to have the benefit of her mortgage on the said property."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: West Baton Rouge Parish Courthouse, Port Allen, Louisiana
