Moss v. Sandefur
Supreme Court of Arkansas
The-civil rights of a slave, were- merged in tbe master. Any donation or conveyance of property to a. slave, wbicb tbe master chooses to accept, vests-alone in tbe owner. “1 Bleb. Oom. 424/ 1 D&mcotfs Civil Z(m,jc>r 143, curb. 1. sec. 97 / 4 JDesscm. 266, 267. Property found by a negro, vests in tbe owner. 1 Stewa/rt- JRejp. 320/ 9 Mm.. 271/ 2-JPicJs. 424. Tbe Probate Court bad no jurisdiction.
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The-civil rights of a slave, were- merged in tbe master. Any donation or conveyance of property to a. slave, wbicb tbe master chooses to accept, vests-alone in tbe owner. “1 Bleb. Oom. 424/ 1 D&mcotfs Civil Z(m,jc>r 143, curb. 1. sec. 97 / 4 JDesscm. 266, 267. Property found by a negro, vests in tbe owner. 1 Stewa/rt- JRejp. 320/ 9 Mm.. 271/ 2-JPicJs. 424. Tbe Probate Court bad no jurisdiction. In any event, tbe ‘claim was an ordinary one for money bad and received, and not .a proceeding for specific property. Art. 3,sec. 10, -Const.; ch. 48, sec. 5, Bern,. Btat. There can be no question but…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Soott
This cause was brought here by appeal, from a judgment of the •Circuit Court of Hempstead county, affirming a judgment of the Probate Court, in the matter of .a summary proceeding against the appellant, at the .suit of the appellee, .as the executor of J ames H. Dunn, deceased, under the provisions of the statute authorizing the Probate Court, in certain cases, upon complaint of embezzlement or -.concealment, to cause the party implicated to come before the court and discover on oath, and be further dealt with, if convicted. Dig.? ch. 4, sec. 46, 47,48.
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