{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20882129","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20882129","state":"Louisiana","county":"St. Landry","location_type":"Parish","file_day":2,"file_month":10,"file_year":1821,"filing_court":"District","end_day":18,"end_month":12,"end_year":1822,"ending_court":"District","result":"dismissed; granted","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":2,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"St. Landry Parish Courthouse, Opelousas, Louisiana","abstract":"Jean Lesassier, a free man of color, states that Louis Chaperon, also a free man of color, is justly indebted to him for $1,150.  In 1819, Chaperon purchased a tract of land from Lesassier for $1,200, providing two promissory notes as payment.  Since then, Chaperon has paid $50, leaving a balance of $1,150.  Lesassier prays that Chaperon be adjudged to repay the debt with interest and that the tract of land \"be seized & sold to satisfy the Judgment rendered herein.”","subjects":[{"subject":"FPOC sues FPOC"},{"subject":"Property owners (Black)"}]}]}