1 Mart. 183 | La. | 1810
Although it is in general correct, to require the plaintiff to produce his proof before the defendant can be called upon for his, it is otherwise, when the question is slavery or freedom. The law cited by the plaintiff is certainly applicable to the present ease. We do not say that it would be so if the plaintiff were a, negro, who perhaps would be required to establish his right by such evidence, as would destroy
The defendant then proved he had brought the plaintiff from the West-Indies; had placed her in a boarding school in New-York, and in a few years after sent for her to New-Orleans, where she resided a few months with him, and left his house, and in a few days after brought the present suit.
The plaintiff claimed wages for the time she had resided with the defendant, but the court, inclining to view her services as the return of gratitude for the trouble and expense attending her education, withdrew her claim therefor.
Judgment for Plaintiff.