M'Kenzie v. Macon
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was a bill by William H. Macon, to enjoin the sale of a number of slaves which had been taken in execution to satisfy judgments recovered by James M'Kenzie, Archibald Govan and others, against Miles Macon. The plaintiff claimed the slaves as belonging to him, and the injunction was awarded.
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This was a bill by William H. Macon, to enjoin the sale of a number of slaves which had been taken in execution to satisfy judgments recovered by James M'Kenzie, Archibald Govan and others, against Miles Macon. The plaintiff claimed the slaves as belonging to him, and the injunction was awarded. The defendants i*1 their answers insisted, that the slaves were the property of Miles Macon ; and they charged that some of them had been in his possession for twenty years, and the others were the descendants of one of these, were born whilst their mothers were in Miles Macon's possession, and had…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The Court is of opinion, that the slaves in the proceedings mentioned, upon which the executions of the appellants against Miles Macon were levied, were not the property of the said Miles Macon, but of William H. Macon, the appellee; and that in the transactions between the said Miles Macon and William H. Macon, in relation to said slaves, there is no ground for the imputation of actual fraud as against the creditors of said Miles.
The Court is further of opinion, that though the said slaves were in the possession of said Miles Macon for a number of years, yet that the case does not fall…
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