ALMONESTER v. KENTON


50 U.S. 1 (1850)

9 How. 1

MICHAELA LEONARDA ALMONESTER, THE WIFE SEPARATED FROM BED AND BOARD OF JOSEPH XAVIER DELFAU DE PONTALBA, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOSEPH KENTON.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Brown, on the part of Kenton, the defendant in error.


Mr. Justice CATRON delivered the opinion of the court.

This case is brought before us by writ of error to the Supreme Court of Louisiana. The suit originated in a petition filed the 28th of December, 1836, by Kenton, in the First District Court of that State, alleging that the defendant, Pontalba, through her agent, Le Breton, had advertised for sale certain lots of ground in the rear of the city of New Orleans, claiming to...

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