Case Name: Maille v. Blas
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1860-02
Citations: 15 La. Ann. 100
Docket Number: 
Parties: Maille v. Blas.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 15
Pages: 100–102

Head Matter:
Maille v. Blas.
Where one shire kills another, the merits of the quarrel bcfcwoeu them, and the fact of tho slave killed being the aggressor, are immaterial, and will not be noticocl in the decision of an action brought by the owner of tho slave who was killed against the ownor of tho slave who killed him, for tho value of tho slave killed.
Tho proof of the loss is sufficient to fix tho liability in a case of this kind.
APPEAL from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, Eggleston, J.
M. Grivot, for plaintiff.
Race & Foster, for defendant.

Opinion:
Buciianan, J.
The slave of plaintiff was killed by the slave of defendant, wilfully, by wounds inflicted in a fight with knives. The merits of the quarrel between these slaves, and the fact of the slave killed being the aggressor, are indifferent to the decision of an action against the owner of the slave who killed, for the value of the slave who was killed. The use of deadly weapons in combat by slaves should be discountenanced. The fact of the loss is sufficient to fix the liability in a case of this kind.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.