Jennings v. Blocker's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Greene. Tried before the Hon. Turner Reavis. Detinue by the appellee, as the administrator of Mrs. Mary J. Blocker, deceased, against Samuel K. Jennings, the appellant, for a slave named Miranda ánd her four children.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Greene. Tried before the Hon. Turner Reavis. Detinue by the appellee, as the administrator of Mrs. Mary J. Blocker, deceased, against Samuel K. Jennings, the appellant, for a slave named Miranda ánd her four children. The plaintiff claimed under a parol gift to Mrs. Blocker from her father, William Murphy : while the defendant derived title under a mortgage subsequently executed by said William Murphy to the Branch Bank at Mobile, which was purchased by William M. Murphy, the son of said William Murphy, who afterwards sold to the defendant without warranty.—…
1Opinion of the Court
CHILTON, C. J. —
This was an action of detinue, commenced by Robert Leachman, who was succeeded by Davis, the appellee, as administrator of Mrs. Blocker, to recover certain slaves, claimed to be the property of the estate of the intestate. Plea : non dctinet.
The proof, as disclosed by a bill of exceptions, was, that Mrs. Blocker, who was the daughter of William Murphy, was married to John R. Blocker on the 11th of February, 1835, and removed with her husband to Mobile; that early in the summer of that year, her father gave her the negro woman, who, with her subsequent issue, is now the subject…
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