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13 La. 218

Rapp v. Peyroux

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 15, 1839

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1839-04-15

ATrEAL FROM THE COURT 01? THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, JUDGE WATTS PRESIDING. The plaintiff, Henriette Catharine Rapp, separated from bed and board from her husband, J. B. Guerin, sues to recover from the firm of Peyroux, Rivarde & Co., the sum of two thousand two hundred and twenty-four dollars, the amount of a note which she alleges her husband put into their hands for collection, the 7th June, 1833, when she and her husband were on the eve of starting for France.

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Decided 1839-04-15

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Rost, J.,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2These cases were consolidated and tried together in the court below. Judgment was given in favor of the plaintiff in the first suit, and against her in the second ; from that part of the judgment, she has appealed. This action is instituted to recover certain slaves formerly sold by the plaintiff, on the ground that they formed part of her dowry and could not be alienated. Her husband, cited in warranty by the defendant, has appeared and denied the authority of the plaintiff to appear in court. It is in evidence that she resided several years in France with her husband, and was separated from bed and board by the tribunals of that country; her incapacity did not cease thereby, and we are of opinion she cannot maintain her present appeal.

¶3The case, No. 12,748, is not before us, and cannot, therefore, be affected by our judgment. In the case, No. 13,138, it is ordered, adjudged and decreed, that the appeal be dismissed with costs.

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