Chew v. Beall
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince Georges county. Replevin, brought on the 24th of February 1857, by the appellee against the appellants, for two negro slaves Betty and Nelly. Pleas non-cepit, property in defendants, property in a stranger, and limitations. The case was tried upon issues joined on these pleas, and in the course of the trial five exceptions were taken by the defendants, which, with the facts of the case, are fully stated in the opinion of this court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince Georges county. Replevin, brought on the 24th of February 1857, by the appellee against the appellants, for two negro slaves Betty and Nelly. Pleas non-cepit, property in defendants, property in a stranger, and limitations. The case was tried upon issues joined on these pleas, and in the course of the trial five exceptions were taken by the defendants, which, with the facts of the case, are fully stated in the opinion of this court. The verdict and judgment were in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtEccleston, J.
This is an action of replevin, brought on the 24th of February 1857, by the appellee against the appellants, for two negro girls, Betty and Nelly. The defendants pleaded non cepit, property in themselves, property in a stranger, and limitations. The cause was tried upon issues joined on those pleas.
The facts, in regard to which there seems to be no controversy, aye the following:
Aquila Beall, who died in the year 1840, was the husband .of the plaintiff; and in his life time, made a gift of two negro .slaves Eliza and Jenny, with their children and grand-children, ,to his daughter Amelia H.…
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