Anderson v. . Doak
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of Guilford County, at the Fall Term 1849, his Honor Judge Settle presiding. This was an action of trover brought by the plaintiff to recover the value of a negro man, by the name of Harper. The parties agreed upon the following statement of facts, and submitted them to the Court.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of Guilford County, at the Fall Term 1849, his Honor Judge Settle presiding. This was an action of trover brought by the plaintiff to recover the value of a negro man, by the name of Harper. The parties agreed upon the following statement of facts, and submitted them to the Court. Prior to the month of December 1841, one Stafford Weatherly lived in the County of Guilford in this State, and owned the slave in controversjh with other property. In the month of December 1841, the said Weatherly moved from this State to the County of Carroll in the State of…
1Opinion of the CourtNash, J.
We see no reason to disturb the judgment below. At the time the defendant took possession of the slave, Harper, under the attachment, Stafford Weather • ly had no interest in him, which was liable to the process. When he removed from this State to Virginia, he took Harper with him, and, having contracted debts there, he conveyed him to a trustee to secure them. It is admitted in the case agreed, that the debts so secured were honestly due, and that several of them had not arrived at maturity; and it is further agreed, that the conveyance to the trustee was in good faith, and, by the laws of…
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