Hunter v. Humphreys
Supreme Court of Virginia
At the January term 1857 of the County court of Alexandria county, Harriet Humphreys, a negro, filed her petition for leave to sue for her freedom : and at the same term Robert W. Hunter appeared by his counsel, and claimed to be the owner of said negro. And, by consent of parties, the court made an order directing the sheriff of the county to hire out the petitioner until final judgment should be rendered in the case.
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At the January term 1857 of the County court of Alexandria county, Harriet Humphreys, a negro, filed her petition for leave to sue for her freedom : and at the same term Robert W. Hunter appeared by his counsel, and claimed to be the owner of said negro. And, by consent of parties, the court made an order directing the sheriff of the county to hire out the petitioner until final judgment should be rendered in the case. At the next May term of the court the jury found a special verdict, in which they stated, that Mary Green Hardy, of Prince Georges county, Maryland, in July 1829 made her will,…
1Opinion of the Court
Allen, P.
Upon the petition of the appellee that she was unlawfully detained as a slave in the county of Alexandria, in the possession of the appellant, she was permitted to institute a suit for her freedom ; the appellant appeared and claimed to be the owner of the negro, and, by consent of parties, the court ordered the appellee to be hired out by the sheriff of said county until final judgment. At a subsequent term a jury was sworn to try whether the appellee was free or- not» A special verdict was found, which by consent was afterwards amended; and by further consent the cause was removed…
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