Petition #20881875
- Orleans Parish, Louisiana. cicra November 24, 1818. - May 24, 1820.
- Court: Parish
- Salutation: To the Honorable James Pitot Judge of the Parish Court for the City and Parish of N. Orleans.
Abstract
The petitioner is a slave named Maria. She presents to the court that the last will and testament of the late Erasmus Robert Avart directed his testamentary executor, Robert Avart, to use funds from the estate to purchase her and her son Gaston from their current master, Nicholas Lauve, with the express intent to emancipate them. Maria also states that Nicholas Lauve is indeed willing and ready to sell her and her child for a "reasonable price." She prays the court to call upon Robert Avart, the executor, to declare whether or not he intends to fulfill the provisions of the will and, if he refuses, to appoint "some fit and suitable person, granting him the necessary powers to carry the said will to Execution."
Result: Granted; appealed; remanded; reversed; appealed.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: Transcript of Parish Court Records, 25 November 1818-16 April 1819, including: Opinion of the Court, 5 April 1819; and Judgment, 16 April 1819; Transcript of Parish and Supreme Court Records, 25 November 1818-26 May 1820, including: Mandate of the Supreme Court, 18 June 1819; Remanded Parish Court Order, 24 May 1820; and Supplemental Petition, ca. 24 May 1820; Last Will and Testament, Erasmus Robert Avart, 6 October 1818 [Text in French], certified 9 October 1818, filed 17 May 1820
- Pages of related documents: 21
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Repository: University of New Orleans
- Supreme Court of Louisiana Collection
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