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Louisiana, Supreme Court, New Orleans : Poydras De Lalande et al v Bormeau, February 1842 [printed].

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Louisiana : Supreme Court, 1842.
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The plaintiff alleged that their ancestor, Julien Poydras, by his will ordered that all his slaves should be considered as attached to one or other of his plantations and sold on the condition that the purchaser should emancipate them twenty-five years after the sale. Those over sixty were to be made free and given the right to live on the plantation, supported by a stipend of [dollars] 25 per annum. One of the plantations was sold to Madame Bormeau and Madame Mourain, which was partitioned between them. Madame Bormeau refused to pay the stipend. The stipend also formed part of the price of the slaves and was due to the estate of Julien Poydras. Plaintiffs requested arrearages of said stipend, [dollars] 900, and the further annual sum of [dollars] 25 for each of the statu liberi. Plaintiffs appealed from a judgment made against them. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgement, having decided that the stipend for slaves over sixty had lapsed due to the incapacity of the legatees. It affirmed that the plaintiffs had no capacity to represent the statu liberi.
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Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2007. Digitized from a copy held by the Louisiana and Special Collections Department, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans.
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Louisiana and Special Collections Department, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans
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Material sourced from the Louisiana and Special Collections of the Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans
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