Petition #20881552

• Rapides Parish, Louisiana. October 11, 1815. - June 6, 1818.
• Court: District
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Judge of the sixth Judicial District of the state of Louisiana sitting in and for the Parish of Rapide

Abstract

John C. L. Martineau seeks compensation for the death of a slave named Harry. Martineau claims that Thomas Hooper, an overseer, did "willfully and designedly Kill and Destroy said negro man slave to the Damage of your Petitioner One thousand dollars." Martineau prays that the court will compensate him for the loss of his slave.

Result: Denied; appealed; set aside; denied; appealed.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Supreme Court Transcript, 11 October 1815-ca. December 1817, including: Answer, Thomas Hooper, 16 October 1815; Plaintiff's Evidence, n.d.; Deposition, John Boyer, n.d.; and Deposition, John Archinard, n.d.; Petition of Appeal, John C. L. Martineau, 12 June 1818; Order, 6 June 1818
• Pages of related documents: 9

6 people are documented within petition 20881552

• 2 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 2 Others

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Citation information

Repository: University of New Orleans

• Supreme Court of Louisiana Collection

Subjects

• Overseers
• Death of enslaved (other)
• Whipping
• Title dispute (enslaved)
• Assessed Value (enslaved)