DECREE of the Conseil of Cap, which rules that the enslaver, civilly liable for his enslaved man, discharges that liability by paying 1,200 livres, the reimbursement value of an executed enslaved man, or by surrendering…

BETWEEN the heirs le Febvre,. . . . (Pleading: Maîtres d’Augy and Darracq).

A nègre of the heirs le Febvre, who had killed one belonging to the Sieurs Jombert, was sentenced by Decree to be whipped and branded, then returned to his enslaver. Thereupon a demand by the Sieurs Jombert against the heirs le Febvre for payment for their nègre. Sentence of the Juge of the Cap of June 12, 1779, which sentences them to pay for the nègre killed, according to the valuation that Arbitrators would make; unless they preferred to surrender their nègre to be sold, and the Sieurs Jombert paid from the proceeds of the sale. The Decree, amending the Sentence, sentences the heirs le Febvre to pay 1,200 livres to the Sieurs Jombert, unless they prefer to surrender their nègre for the benefit of the latter.