<petition><petition_analysis_number>20883611</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20883611</petition_url><state>Louisiana</state><county>Natchitoches</county><location_type>Parish</location_type><file_day>15</file_day><file_month>10</file_month><file_year>1836</file_year><filing_court>Parish</filing_court><end_day>23</end_day><end_month>5</end_month><end_year>1837</end_year><ending_court>Parish</ending_court><result>granted; amended</result><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>1</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>Natchitoches Parish Courthouse, Natchitoches, Louisiana</repository><abstract>Augustin Metoyer, a free person of color, represents that, for the last ten years, he has been the “legal owner, with valid title,” of a tract of land situated some eighteen miles “below the town of Natchitoches.”  In October 1835, François Roubieu enclosed part of the land and instituted a suit against him, in the “sixth judicial district” court, claiming ownership to it [see PAR#20883514].  Metoyer now charges that, although the suit is still pending, Roubieu has come upon the portion of the land he previously enclosed, and cut and removed a vast amount of cypress and other timber.  Metoyer therefore seeks an injunction to prevent Roubieu from trespassing and taking any more timber.</abstract><subjects><subject>Property owners (Black)</subject><subject>FPOC sues white</subject><subject>Crops (timber)</subject></subjects></petition>