Wight v. Hester
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trover and new trial, from Baker county. Tried before Judge Allen. May Term, 1857. This was an action of trover brought by Nathaniel Hester, as administrator of John B. Wight, deceased, against Samuel B. Wight, to recover two promissory notes for $1,000 each, which had been given to the said John B. Wight during his lifetime, by the said Samuel, in payment for negroes sold to him by intestate.
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Trover and new trial, from Baker county. Tried before Judge Allen. May Term, 1857. This was an action of trover brought by Nathaniel Hester, as administrator of John B. Wight, deceased, against Samuel B. Wight, to recover two promissory notes for $1,000 each, which had been given to the said John B. Wight during his lifetime, by the said Samuel, in payment for negroes sold to him by intestate. The jury,upon the evidence and charge of .the Court, found for the plaintiff $600, and cost. Whereupon defendant moved for a new trial, upon the following grounds. 1st. (Abandoned by plaintiff in…
1Opinion of the CourtMcDonald, J.
By the Court. delivering the opinion.
This was an action of trover for the recovery of two promissory notes of one thousand dollars each, which had been given by the plaintiff in error to the defendant’s intestate, in his lifetime, in part payment for several negroes purchased from him. The negroes were alleged to be unsound by the purchaser, who had had a friendly correspondence with the intestate in his lifetime, and who had said that he wished the matter settled, and that he would lose something. The parties were brothers. The plaintiff in error had sold a part of the negroes for twenty-two…
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