Julien, a free man of color, petitions to recover damages for property wrongfully taken from him. According to the petitioner, he was emancipated on the 26th of October 1816 under the condition that he would pay his master, Peter L'English, $20 per month and perform services when called upon. In the past year, L'English sued to "annul" Julien's emancipation. Julien received a verdict in his favor on appeal to the Supreme Court. Julien now states that a number of articles of property were "forcibly and violently" seized from him by two men of color named Dorestan and Valcour, and by another man named Lewis Rieux. Julien prays that the court hold these men liable for the value of the seized property, estimated at $700.
Result: Discontinued.
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Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana
