Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-12-14
ELMoRE & KING, for plaintiffs.
sequestration Of the McDonOgl
Estate,

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FirTu DIsTalcr CouRr.--Jadye Bach
auats ts--succEssIoN OF JonN McDoNoeH
Quite an excitement was created yesterday
says the Bee of the 9TH lust, in the vicihit.
of the Courts aud elsewhere, by a report
had been sequeserea, and all application
| TO that effect male by the State cf Louisi-
ana, through The Attorney General, Isaac
johnson. Tie ruinor turned out to be
| true, for on going to the Clerks office ol
the Fifth District Court, we f,un supple.
lnenlary petition Of which the following is
q eopyt
Fo the Honorable the Judge of the Fiftl,
District Court OF New Orleans
The State OF Louisiana herein repre-.
sehted by Isaac Johnson, the Attorney
General, after due permission obtained,
lies this supplemental petition in the suit
now pending i'll this court by the State
against The Executors of John MeDaHot III
aud otAets. in which it is respectfully re-
presented: That the seizing of the real
estaieo of John MeDonegh, deceased, was
hot by his wit given to tile Executors, aud
that there l. 40 oae al tllis titfie except the
STATE ot Louisiana aud Maryland hat Jag
tlie ie@a ri glit to the seizing hereof, or to
iake charge Of, or a,ltnnister the same
lhe Executors have no such right; and
Il they assume any such ii int, they are
interned1efs and trespassefs. The said
real estate baioii IS to the States of Mary
and and Louisiana, anu they alone
hase the right to the possession thereof, -
There is a great dan ger as the said real
estate is now situated, that it will be dla-
pidatel anl that tie revenues aud fruits
produced by the property will be lost.
Ihefciofe the petitioner prays that this
Honorable Court will order a writ of
seqnestration to issue, upon which all the
real estate belonging to the succession OF
the sail John M,Donsgh deceased, shall
be seqaestefed and SC. he'd unti the qles-
tion oE ownership shall have been decided.
Tor more partilular description of the
property TO b, seqaestered, references is here
lnaaefto the original petition filled in this.
case, and for the properly out oftllis Parish
petition pfays that sncll wfits may be
issued as will ,legaily sequesters said pro-
pefty. That the original parties to this
suit he served with a copy Of this petitioll,
aud for all other relief in the premises &c,
Sc.
Eits,,ra q Etebar E,r ,,r.,,.;n
tSigned ISAAC JOHNSON.
Ills Honor considering the provisions OF
the 2T4th article of the code of practice,
ordered eg o9gfsss that all the real estate
belonging TO the succession OF john Nc
Denogh. be seqnestered by the Shorthand
be he'd subject 70 the orderof thecourt.
Article PA, quoted above, reads as fol-
lows,
. Tsie court may order, er ogscio, the
g seqisa stratnn of real property III suits,
!" Wl,ese the ownershipof such properly
& is il. dispute, aud wien one Of the con.
= tending parties does not seem 10 have a
!" more apparent right TO the possession
= than the other.
!" In such cases, seque station may be
]" ordered to continue until the question
9 of ownership Shall have been decided. =
Shortly after the necessary writ had
been issued, tie Sheriff in person proceed
ed IL the Office Of Executors al The Union
Bank, ani there formally sequeslered all
the property enumerated in the "Memo-
randi Of Instructions as we'll as that Vet
lofth ia a book labelled s'John Me Doaogh.
Led 5er. the latter containing principally
4 liStef the city properly Of the deceased. |
The property ls,iel to IN the nlelnoran-
do comprises 1883 arpents Of land on
the opposite side oftlle Lake, the so-cailed
Fiofila gfants: 800 lots Of ground at the
lower end of poydsas streets; 1000 lots
Of ground la Ne cD,iso yh. 1000 acres of
laai IN tlle rear of McDonogh 4593l
iots n aroisnd III the Suburb Washing
ton, Third Mallicipaiity 500 acres of
iaild ID the rear III The Snbnrb I1ivaulais
ij00 acres Of laid sin the rear of SaburBl
sVashasioa, Third Musilcl clpalisy !; S0. 900 |
acres Of laitl III slle rear of the Mississip-
pi riEer. 90 miles above slae city. anI |
SONS 80 fo I00. .tle9 acres in vasions parts
of tire State ot Lossisiana.
fssa. Lewis took possession Of ths |
keys of she Union Bank, aes.ss. KEYS. 6ec
and fssthSIith ai,Fosilfes Alosphs Maza-
reaR, Esq as his ksel,sfs AMI who il alsol
caadsad With easnpseaing the Inventory
l hEs asa1sez1ent <ss tsaa aaart ,of tlle State |
- loeefl d,ae ~ 3hsst pnr rposssy - keep /