Case Name: James J. Powell v. Catherine S. Daniel
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1871-03
Citations: 23 La. Ann. 289
Docket Number: No. 3186
Parties: James J. Powell v. Catherine S. Daniel.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 289–289

Head Matter:
No. 3186.
James J. Powell v. Catherine S. Daniel.
A contraot to remove slaves and other property to Texas and take care of them, during the late war and before emancipation, by the sovereign power, the United States, was legal at the time it was made, and is, therefore, binding on. the parties by and between whom it was made.
APPEAL from the Thirteenth Judicial District, parish of Tensas.
Hough, J. A. A. <& H. A. Ogden, for plaintiff and appellant.
■Julius Avoid and Farrar & Beeves, for defendant and appellee.
This case was tried by a jury in the court below.

Opinion:
Ludeling, C. J.
The plaintiff sued the defendant for services rendered in carrying her slaves and other property to Texas, and managing and taking care of the same for her, etc., under a written contract.
The defense is a general denial, and that the contract "is illegal and invalid, and is reprobated as immoral and opposed to all laws human and divine," etc.
The plaintiff has proved the written contract, and that he faithfully performed the services undertaken. The defendant has failed to convince us that the defense has any merit; the contract was lawful at the time it was entered into.
It is therefore ordered that the verdict of the jury be set aside; that the judgment of the district court be reversed, and that there be judgment in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant for thirty-six hundred and thirty-four dollars and forty-seven cents, with five per centum interest thereon from judicial demand, and costs of both courts.