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1783-05-07

DECREE of the Conseil du Cap, which dismisses a Settler from his demand for payment for one of his nègres, killed by the nègre Guardians of the Provisions of another Settler

Haitian

BETWEEN the sieur Nogues, Settler of Port-de-Paix, Appellant, of the one part; And the sieur de Montagnac, Respondent. Seen the Sentence of the Juge of Port-de-Paix, which, on the demand of the sieur de Montagnac for payment of the sum of 3,000 livres for the value of his nègre l’Amour, killed by a gunshot by the Guardians of the Provisions of the sieur Nogues, had ordered that the said sieur de Montagnac should make proof, etc, and on the demand for evocation of the principal matter consented to by the Parties: THE COURT has annulled and annuls the appeal and the Sentence appealed from; evoking the principal matter and ruling on it, dismisses the sieur de Montagnac from his original demand, and sentences him to the costs, etc. See the Decree of 8 July 1782.

Source  ·  p. act 06:284 Médéric Louis Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry, Loix et constitutions des colonies françoises de l'Amérique sous le Vent (Vol. 6) (1784-1790), p. act 06:284