Petition #20884044

• Orleans Parish, Louisiana. March 24, 1840. - January 24, 1842.
• Court: District
• Salutation: To the honorable the district Court of the First Judicial district of the state of Louisiana

Abstract

Pierre St. Luc Ricard, a free man of color of the parish of West Baton Rouge, seeks compensation for the loss of a slave. Ricard claims that his slave James died "in consequence of the carelessness negligence & want of skill of the Captain & other officers having command of the steam Boat John Linton in her trip from New Orleans to Red River." According to Ricard, James was aboard a ferry flat boat when the steam boat ran into it near the Western shore of the Mississippi in the parish of West Baton Rouge. James was thrown from the boat and immediately drowned. Ricard asserts that James was worth the sum of $2,000. He prays that the captain of the boat, Peter Frank Kimball whom he erroneously calls D. T. Kimball, and Edward H. Satterfield, the man he believes to be an owner, be held responsible for the death of his slave. He asks the court to order the defendants to pay him the sum of $2,000 plus $30 per month for the loss of James's services.

Result: Granted; appealed.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PAR #20882915 in the Ricard Series; Citations, 24 March 1840; Sheriff's Returns, 25 March 1840; Exception, Peter Frank Kimball, 7 April 1840; Exception, Edward H. Satterfield, 7 April 1840; Receipts, 1 January 1840; Supplemental Petition, 20 May 1840; Order, 20 May 1840; Citation, 20 May 1840; Sheriff's Return, 22 May 1840; Citation, ca. 20 May 1840; Testimonies for Defendant, John McFarland, et al., 9 January 1841; Return to Commission, 30 January 1841; Interrogatories, December 1840; Judgment, 19 November 1841; Sheriff's Return, 16 December 1841; Petition of Appeal, 16 December 1841; Order, 16 December 1841; Bond, 16 December 1841; Court Record of Transcript Certification, 27 December 1841; Index of Court Transcript, ca. 27 December 1841; Record of Supreme Court Appeal Filing Date, 24 January 1842
• Pages of related documents: 27

4 people are documented within petition 20884044

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Free person of color
• 2 Defendants
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: University of New Orleans

• Supreme Court of Louisiana Collection

Subjects

• Ships
• Enslaver (FPOC)
• FPOC sues white
• Testimony (FPOC)
• Hiring value (enslaved)
• Death of enslaved (other)
• Assessed Value (enslaved)